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when i was 4 and we started saying "only happy happy thoughts in the new big house" i almost immediately stumbled across the back porch and stood in awe at the world around me. there was green and space for sheeba to run in and childrens laughs came in beautiful waves of the sounds of christmas. tiny bells. there was also a man across the ally (

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Heimweh. "Another word you have no English for." Homesickness? "Yes, but more than that." Nostalgia? "Stonger than that."

(From A Feather on the Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez.)

I know it's not directly connected, but your entry reminded me of this passage and I thought it was fitting to share.