Comments on: Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig

By: Jenni

Jenni — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:12:11 +0000

I know exactly what you are talking about

By: Lucinda J

Lucinda J — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 19:51:18 +0000

In reply to Holly Dickson. That's beautiful, Holly.

By: Holly Dickson

Holly Dickson — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:19:49 +0000

I remember chatting with a co-worker from Uganda who talked about his trips home with a mix of joy and frustration – he longed for the country of his birth, but so many years in another place made him a bit of a misfit when he went back – he wasn’t totally Ugandan when he was there, and he wasn’t entirely Canadian when he was here.

It’s a tension that I’ve heard about from my husband, too. He’s Peruvian. And he’s Canadian. Where does he belong?

I feel it, like you do, Lucinda. When I visit my mom and dad, the ticking of their clock, the murmur of their voices, even the Ovaltine they serve at exactly 3 PM, it all makes me feel so HOME.

I’ve changed keys a lot of times since leaving my parents’ place and the constant switching underscored something for me – something I cling to when I miss being home with my parents, or home with my sisters, or home in the city we used to live in, home with friends from dorm… homes here will always be temporary. Home – with a capital H – is waiting for me. When I get there, finally, I will settle and I will belong and there will be no longing for another place.

By: Lucinda J

Lucinda J — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:30:30 +0000

In reply to Deborah. Love hearing this. Maybe it will always be that way with me and Rusk County, too. Roots do go deep.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:14:15 +0000

After 22 years of marriage and living 500 miles away from my childhood home, when we turn right into that long graveled Virginia lane, I know I’m home again. Just last Sunday I was talking about “our church” back home because it’s still part of me. Roots go deep….

By: Luci

Luci — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 04:09:13 +0000

So beautiful, Luci.

By: Bethany Eicher

Bethany Eicher — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:22:22 +0000

I get every last one of these sentiments.