Home Sweet Home

(I actually wrote this on Wednesday...but internet mishaps (again) kept me from posting it.)

What were the theme words to that TV show- Cheers....something about going to where everybody knows your name. Basically, it broke down to a place you felt yourself, felt comfortable, happy and at home.

This weekend we went back to our house in Deep Gap; and this feeling of ease....of peace...of coming home overwhelmed me as I walked in and saw/smelt/felt the presence of my home. I didn't feel lost when I left, but I certainly felt different while I was there.

Today, we went to the park, and that song came to mind- maybe because I felt so out of place. There is rarely a day that goes by in Boone that you don't 'run into' someone you know. We all joke that Walmart is the place to go meet up with friends (by this I don't mean I am a redneck that hangs out in the parking lot with my truck and my boyfriend). But seriously, the park, the grocery store...these are places that you feel comfortable with. Part of that comes from living in a town your whole life, but the other part is that it's a small friendly- and smiling community. (PS- DO NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, PEOPLE DO NOT SMILE EVERYWHERE!)

I guess I realized something about myself while I was at the park...I always thought I was an extrovert like my dad.Someone who was able to go anywhere and make a friend. Maybe I used to be...but as I settle into my life; and by that I mean become more and more happy/content as a mom and wife; sister and daughter- I realize I might be an introvert like my mom. I CAN make friends, and I CAN be happy anywhere...but I am more uneasy to do that in an unknown place.

As I read back over this I find the word 'comfort' A LOT. I guess I am being pushed out of my comfort zone....thanks God for the realization! I know it's not bad, just some days harder than others! I miss my friends, I miss my old job, I miss my family...I MISS HOME!!!