A Love Affair
When you live in the same town, in the same house, within a radius of 100 miles for 20 years, which just happens to be the age you are; you feel like there’s nothing you could possibly be taking advantage of. You say to yourself, what is there here that I couldn’t find anywhere else? Let me answer that for you now.
There’s a tobacco field hidden at the end of my road that has given me more peace and relaxation than any cigarette has ever given anyone… There’s a corn field that has managed to restore my love for a food that brings me so much pain when I consume it… There’s a dog lying in my bed that has more personality than most of the people I’ve met… There’s a beach house that holds more good memories inside it than my actual house has… There’s the funniest couple you’ll ever meet waiting for me to fill their house with laughter and messes again… There’s an ice cream and a donut shop that literally has an entire town revolving around them… There are best friends who would follow me to the end of the world… There’s a big screen TV with the Boston Red Sox playing on it, with a take out meal ready and waiting… There’s family never too far away, in case you need them, or they need you… There’s my own personal prince waiting patiently to take me into his arms… What do I have there that I can’t find anywhere else? How about everything. Everything that I’ve ever loved.
I’ve been saying that if I could only take my friends and family from home and transplant them in England, then life would be perfect… But that’s wrong. Nothing would be the same here. I know too many people who are still searching for a constant, who are still trying to cement things to be in their life for more than a year. There are too many people still searching for a place to call home, who would love to be able to look back 20 years and see the same loving faces and special places. There are dreams that I’ve had too but I think maybe I’m lucky enough already.
I love you England, I do. As much as I knew I would.
But this will have to be just a passionate love affair…
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Great post, so touching.