Home

I once read a quote that said, "home is not a place, it is a feeling." I have lived in many places in my life and I feel confident in saying this could not be truer. A few weeks ago we moved to a lovely town in West Virginia. Ironically known for the actor Don Knotts, it feels very Mayberry-ish to me here. Although significantly larger than that storybook town, the people are friendly and it maintains that small town feel, where neighbors help neighbors and everyone knows everyone. In my previous post I wrote about how at first when my husband accepted the job here I was nervous with the ideas conjured up in my head of what life in West Virginia would be like. Life here has proven to be peaceful and serene.
It took us a month to get our things here. 

It took a week but we got all of our boxes unpacked!

 After a big fiasco with the moving company, that I assure you we will not use EVER again, a truck driver who to the colorful language of my uncle and father obviously did not know how to actually DRIVE his truck, except on the straight interstate. Things brought to us broken, crushed up and/or missing we survived. And to be honest I was ok here. As soon as we got here it felt like home to me. It is a hard feeling to explain to someone that doesn't understand that 'home' doesn't have to be a place but a feeling. Yes, we are both miles from our family, our comfort zone, but we don't feel unease about it. 
My mom once told me she knew I would likely never live where I grew up because I had a gypsy soul and I find that in my years, in my many moves I have always found 'home' everywhere I have been. I have been able to make a life despite the locations or distance from anyone I knew. I have been able to pack up my small amount of possessions and find adventure and life everywhere I went. I of course will always have my hometown. The place I was born and raised. The place where the foundation of my life was set. The place I know I can always return to if or when I need to but every piece of my 'home' I have found in my travels and living in different locations. It is comprised of the people I surround myself with, the beauty of the scenery around me, watching my children's happy faces as they run and explore, where my heart feels full and life is satisfying.