Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
I’m off to California today for a three generation girls weekend. My grandma, mom, and I plan to live it up with pedicures, summer concerts in the park, and even a visit to a, ahem, nightclub. When I was younger the closest they had to a nightclub was an empty dirt lot where high schoolers gathered over an illegal bonfire and raised our underage toasts to making it to the state football playoffs. My how things change.
I love visiting the town I grew up in but it’s odd that it doesn’t feel like home anymore. I don’t know exactly when that happened. Probably around the same time that housing prices skyrocketed there and left me searching out a more prosperous future for my family. That and the fact that it’s grown so much I barely recognize it.
Still, when I step off the plane and take in that first whiff of salty ocean air I know I’ll breathe a sigh of relief. And as we drive from the airport to my mom’s house and I see the vineyards that cover the hillsides I’ll no doubt feel a momentary pang of sadness for all that I miss there. Because even though home isn’t home anymore, a part of my heart remains.
I’ll be sure to take lots of photos and I’ll bribe my mom and grandma to let me post pictures of them on the internet. A picture of my Gram in a nightclub would be priceless. I’ve been assured that the place we are going is not your typical nightclub but more of an upscale wine bar type place. And while my Gram is a young Gram (great gram at that), she isn’t much of a drinker, wine or otherwise. This should be interesting.
I’ll try to check in with details. ;)
Oh, this sounds like a wonderful time. this area sounds gorgeous, I can see why it would be bittersweet. Have a great time with Mom and Gram!
oh, I wanna see your hometown! Sounds beautiful! Vineyards and ocean air…my hometown has coal dust and, um…a muddy river? Not a great comparison!
Have a great weekend!
It does sound beautiful - I hope you have a wonderful time!
Have a great time!
OOOhhhhh, I can hardly wait for you guys to get here!!
Enjoy your time back home!!!
Kim
Have a great time! Can’t wait to see pictures…
I don’t know when Gram will arrive. She’s still on the ground in Boise. The flights delayed because of excessive smoke from California wildfires. She may miss her connection in SFO.
At least they didn’t charge her for her checked bag.
I so get what you’re saying….although I didn’t grow up on the beautiful California coast, but instead in a tiny Midwest town surrounded by cornfields. I haven’t been back there in 15 years, but sometimes when I think about it, I get nostalgic and I’m hit with that pang of sadness. Or, I’ll see an old picture of the house and suddenly I’m 12 again.
Have a fabulous time, Darcie! And we want to see a picture of Gram rocking the nightclub, too.
Have a great time! It sounds like so much fun.
Sounds like a great trip……have fun!!!
Have a great time!
I know you are having the best time! How wonderful. I definitely want to see pics of your Gram in a nightclub!!
Steph