Jul 03, 2005 18:36
Coming home always makes me wish I lived in a simpler, older day in age. Happiness is so simple and easy here. We eat well, we spend time with each other, and talk about good times while making some new ones. Georgia's beauty is its archaic stillness, and it's undying charm. This place will never change, only the people...and even that is slow change. I miss this way of life. I could never achieve my dreams living here, but I need to be here every now and again. Just like Scarlett O'Hara, this place replenishes me and breathes fresh air inside me.
I thought I would feel sad coming here because of all the memories I had with someone who is now no longer in my life, but I haven't been. I've enjoyed hearing my dad play his guitar, smelling the rain falling in the garden outside, and just being with family. I feel happy and healthy, and I'm excited about the future, and feel prouder of my family every day.
As much as I have been discouraged with the way things are in my environment, and the people around me lately, I feel more encouraged after being around my family. They are such an inspiration. The way that hardships have come and gone, and surpassed, have given me hope. Life will not get any easier, for anyone. The future needs those stong beacons of light.