This is going to be just a short reflection. Today I woke up in Stillwater, Oklahoma. My home away from home. Or maybe it's just one of my homes. It's been 6 months since Jacob and I have been here to see OUR family (his by birth, mine by marriage and love) and that was far too long to go without. Jacob and I have been living in Gaithersburg, Maryland for the last 2 years of our life; far from both sides of our family and constantly having to divide our vacation time between the two of them. It's been so hard at points, and this has been one of those points.
I've always been a family person. I'm not really a home-body--I went to Oklahoma for school while my family lives in Florida; I spent 6 months living in Spain learning the language; I traveled solo (or sometimes with a couple of friends) through England and continental Europe. So I don't consider myself a home-body. But no matter how many adventures I take, no matter how many new places I see and love, the saying is always true for me. "There's no place like home."
Home really is where the heart is. Coming from a girl who has moved 14 or 15 times in her life, I know that home isn't a location, not a town or a building you live it. It's where you are surrounded by people who love you and know you. People who don't base your love on performance or what you have to offer. It's being with people who laugh with delight when you do something embarassing because you are so precious to them, they don't laugh to make fun but laugh to love.
It's good to be home. I get to go home to Florida in a couple weeks too! I love being home.
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