349 days later...
12 years ago
Monday, August 11, 2008
My home
For the first time during a vacation, I missed Kansas. I appreciate beauty pretty much anywhere I travel and Arizona is one of the most beautifully diverse states I have ever seen; but I can understand why people usually end up back where they grew up. All my life I fantasized about living somewhere else. Some place exotic and NOT Kansas. Forever I thought Kansas was boring and uninspired. Now, I can't say that it is all that exciting, even to this day, but it will always be my home. Flying out of Phoenix we saw rows and rows and rows of houses, all crammed together with maybe two feet between them. The ground was covered as far as I could see. That was not home. I kept watching out the plane window to see sights of Kansas. Finally, the clouds cleared and I started to see open farmland and homesteads sometimes miles away from the next. This is home. Open land, trees, green, comfort, peace, security. I was longing to come home more than usual this time. I missed Kansas and it's nice to be back. Now if Colorado welcomed me with open arms... :)
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I hear you on the Kansas thing! I miss Kansas much more than I had ever imagined. This city is awesome full of opportunities, but it is just not "home". So weird. Maybe that will change, but I do miss the space. You would think Texas would have space, but Dallas is soooooooo huge and yet, there are millions of houses. All on top of each other.
I feel the same way! I had always wanted to live somewhere else, but every time I'm out where I grew up I want to be there again. Kansas really is a beautiful place! I'm glad you've decided to stay! ;)
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