tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055692229748275590.post811503462086397737..comments2023-10-25T08:12:25.285-07:00Comments on All Things Important: There's No Place Like HomeAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347030461231940115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055692229748275590.post-51306148309961459252011-09-21T22:50:59.659-07:002011-09-21T22:50:59.659-07:00As a child of two professors, I often spent weeks ...As a child of two professors, I often spent weeks traveling far from my mid-MO home each summer. You describe perfectly that relief and elation I felt as the terrain grew recognizable through our car windows after a long trip. After 27 years living away from Boone County, I still get a thrill when I drive into Columbia and smell the distinctive air, so foreign yet familiar, and see the landmarks of my childhood on the horizon. However, I am now, undisputedly, no longer at home there, and crave the comforts of "home" in California. It does not diminish my identity as a born and bred Missourian; in fact, I believe my pride in my heritage and perhaps romanticized memories of my youth stem from the benefit of an adulthood spent in contrast. Sometimes, I believe, you can only truly go Home Again when you've had the chance to go away.CatalinaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694983878329508090noreply@blogger.com