We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.
--Carson McCullers (via drinkyourjuice)
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Home
1. A place where one lives; a residence.2. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.3. An environment offering security and happiness.4. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.5. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.6. A headquarters; a home base.
A word with many definitions. A word that changes meaning for each individual.
For most of my life this word has referred to one place and one place only. Louisiana. It’s inhabitants, it’s culture, everything that it is has made me who I am. Today I fully realized that my definition of home has changed a bit. A new dot on the map has been added to the mix. Austin. New people and experiences to help shape the person I am to become.
This weekend I returned home to Louisiana for a dear friend’s wedding. It was one of those great weekends where the conversations lasted for hours and the laughter was endless. I was surrounded by those nearest and dearest to my heart and I did not want it to end.
When it came time to leave yesterday, I bawled like a baby, but at the same time I was anxious to get back to Austin, to the place I was making my home. I dried my tears and thought of what was waiting for me 430 miles west of the mighty Mississippi.
And then today, as if the world knew I needed it, my homesickness was completely dispelled by the absurd amount of shirtless male runners I encountered on my afternoon commute. Pure insanity! Seriously, how can one city have so many good looking men??
I kid, I kid. Those fine physiques could never take the place of my beloved friends and family. Unless of course they became my friend or family;) All joking aside, I’m a lucky girl to call both uniquely glorious places my home and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Forever a southern girl.
