July 21, 2011

home is where the heart is.....

This is where I grew up. 
(I can only find a winter picture)
My sister sent me a an updated one but it was too small to post =(

This is the place my parents built together with
 unconditional love.
On days like today I would do anything to be sitting on this very front porch.


Since I choose to leave home and adventure off to Charlotte...


... I have become very aware of the things i miss most about my home.


The quite spring.summer. & Fall nights.....


That we just spare of the moment decided to go frog gigging [like in this picture.]

It amazes me how peaceful life is at home. 
It is something that I now know I took for granted. 
My nights now consists of trains and the sound of drunken people walking to their cars, dogs barking throughout the night, and car alarms going off into the weee hours in the morning.


I miss the smell of a freshly plowed field.


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I get NONE of this in Charlotte. The closest I get to that is watching them put up another building.




I miss sitting on the back porch  watching the lightening bugs.


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They remind me of my grandpa. =)



I miss driving on the curvy roads.



There is just something about speed and curvy roads....
It just makes me feel like I'm home. 


I miss being in walking distance of our pond.




I miss driving through the country roads and seeing hay bails in the fields....



who wouldn't love this?? and who wouldn't miss this?
I am so excited that this will be my view tomorrow!!




But most of all I miss these four.





I am so thankful that these four are mine.
My mom and dad have truly shown us how to love unconditionally,
how to be better people,
 and so much more.
I am so thankful that they are my parents and that I have a brother and a sister who are both simply amazing!
Yes of course there are days when we could wring each others necks.
But I wouldn't want to wring anyone elses but theirs!



 

3 comments:

  1. Ahhh! Sweet post! Can't wait for you to be home! I need your artistic energy in the room! :) Can't wait see you! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE you!

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  2. awww wormie!!!! We love you so much....and can't wait for you to come in this weekend. It would be nice to see you around here more often. 2Shaye just said today...we all need to live in shoals so we can see each other more often. I'm certainly down with that! :) Love this post! Can't wait to get a hug....if Dad ever lets you go and I get my turn!

    Love, Mom

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  3. Awwwww!!!! I just love you guys!!!! This makes me sooo happy!! And I think all of you kid including my Lauren need to live in Shoals! I miss seeing all of you too...we all need to get together again sometime!

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