I have always pondered on the saying “Home is where the heart is’ Because I was a military brat and then served in the military I have really struggled with knowing where I call home.
Here is a timeline of where I have lived
Birth to 2-Dayton Ohio
2 to 4-Anchorage Alaska
5 to 13-Hampton Virginia
13 to 14-Victorville & Oxnard California
14 to 15-Godfrey Illinios & Germantown Ohio
16 to 18-Dayton Ohio
18 to 19 -Fort Jackson, South Carolina & Camp Humphreys Korea
19 to 24 -Fort Riley Kansas
25 to 26-Dayton, Ohio
26 to 29 Alameda, California
29 to 47 Dayton, Ohio
47 to Present-Charleston, South Carolina
So as you can tell Nomad or Gypsy could be my middle name. Through all these travels I think I was hoping to get to a place and be able to take a deep breath and just feel relax and be able to say “I am home”
As I have mentioned numerous times moving to Charleston has been difficult. I think one reason is again I was hoping to get here and feel at home. And that has not happened.
I have pondered the say. If home is where the heart is, then how does your heart know when you are home” How do you know that where you are right now is your home?
I think for some people it is routine and predictability that decides where they are. They were born and raised in a place so that is where they live.
For me, I want to be in a place that I feel that I can feel at home. That I can plant roots and even put pictures on the wall. I just have not had that feeling yet.
I was on the phone with Lilie the day after I pondered that saying. I was telling her that I was wanting to move out of Charleston. She mentioned that I could come to stay with her in Norfolk Va but it could only be for a few months. I responded and told her that it was fine. I could probably just move to Hampton Va (about 45 minutes away) because that is where I grew up.
And at that moments I realized that for so long I have considered Hampton my home. It is where I went through most of my schooling. So at that moment, I decided that it is time to see if my heart will finally be at home.
To Be Continued…April 22, 2019
To GOD Be The Glory. Take Care. Much Love
