Last month, on a road trip, I left my wallet at a maple syrup stand in Western Massachusetts. I didn’t realize this until we were 100 miles away. But my friend Mel, who we’d been visiting, lives down the road and was able to grab it and mail it along to our next stop in Maine.
My first thought: do people really not talk about this? But we are a military family and I feel homesick for things and people I can no longer name so maybe I'm the weirdo. Thanks, as always, for your wisdom.
Oh Heidi - homesickness describes the longing I've felt several times in my life. When I left college at Sewanee I longed for my heart-home on top of a mountain in Tennessee for years. It's only been in fairly recent times that I've stopped trying to figure out how to get back there. My entire time in seminary I was homesick for the South and particularly VA. We certainly have our issues here, but I longed for this PLACE with an aching. I remember sitting in one of the windows on breaks in April in Evanston just willing there to be leaves on the trees. I was only able to go so far because I knew there was a time limit and I'd be able to come HOME at the end of three years. Certainly I get homesick for people, but my relationships with places are very strong. Thanks for writing this!
My first thought: do people really not talk about this? But we are a military family and I feel homesick for things and people I can no longer name so maybe I'm the weirdo. Thanks, as always, for your wisdom.
Thank you for this, friend. You’ve articulated something I’ve been struggling with since relocating.
Oh Heidi - homesickness describes the longing I've felt several times in my life. When I left college at Sewanee I longed for my heart-home on top of a mountain in Tennessee for years. It's only been in fairly recent times that I've stopped trying to figure out how to get back there. My entire time in seminary I was homesick for the South and particularly VA. We certainly have our issues here, but I longed for this PLACE with an aching. I remember sitting in one of the windows on breaks in April in Evanston just willing there to be leaves on the trees. I was only able to go so far because I knew there was a time limit and I'd be able to come HOME at the end of three years. Certainly I get homesick for people, but my relationships with places are very strong. Thanks for writing this!