This is where I come to remember my life.

[iamthesphinx]

And also to remind you that I'm here.  Or reassure you of it, I guess.  I started to miss you all, so I came to visit, and it made me sad and happy and made me miss you all more, especially those of you who, really, let's face it, are effectively lost to me.

Do you ever have the feeling that if you allow yourself to change too much, even in ways you

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[magdalene1]

It's why hometown visits are always bittersweet. I left D.C. in a toxic cloud, and then went back for the first time in 6 years. And the city was beautiful, and I reunited with my friends there, and it was sort of painful but also awesome to be there and be the completely different person. Leaving was like shedding a skin, and going back was like seeing which parts of the skin still fit.

[randyjackson221]

Change is part of life. Sometimes it just takes time to figure out what you really want.

[pynchon82]

I understand.