Comments on: You can never go home

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:29:37 +0000

loved this post.

so much of this echos what i am feeling at this moment in time. i miss the UK terribly, yet with every move i make away from ‘home’ in ontario i feel like i grow even more. still i feel like i’ll always be left of the dial…searching through the static.

By: hunt&peck

hunt&peck — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:07:40 +0000

I have the same sad feeling every summer when we make the trip home to NS. It is not the “home” I grew up in, it changes every year. If we ever were to move back to NS I would want to live in a completely different town than the one I grew up in because I have a hard time with the fact that things keep changing. I don’t have roots where I live in Ontario. I don’t see myself living in the same spot once I retire either – this isn’t home.
We are heading “home” to NS this weekend though and it’s still good to see the family. No matter how depressing the changes can get.

By: gifted typist

gifted typist — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:20:11 +0000

Barbara, I think you are wise, the home of your past is in your mind

Dick, the ultimate rejection!

TT, I think you nailed it

BeckEye, I would never stand in the way of JBJ or anyting he says

By: BeckEye

BeckEye — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:52:31 +0000

Who says you can’t go home? Certainly not Jon Bon Jovi. I have to take his word over yours. Sorry, I’ve known him longer.

By: Tartan Taxidermist

Tartan Taxidermist — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:16:46 +0000

Great post GT – you capture it so well. I think the biggest challenge to my experience was realising what was causing the niggling alienation and unease.Now I accept it, but my sense of home has changed completely – for me home has become a state of mind, not a place. I’m not sure the alienation ever goes away completely. Perhaps it gets countered by familiarity and social contacts, but I have a sense that one (some?)are likely to never regain that nostalgic sense of a physical home. Perhaps it’s true – home is where the heart is.

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:53:30 +0000

Great article…despite the typo.;)
Not something I have experienced, except maybe going back to the old neighborhood and no longer being able to fit in the treehouse.

By: barbara bruederlin

barbara bruederlin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:46:04 +0000

That’s a lovely post, even though it confirms my suspicions that were I ever to go back to the place that always felt like home to me, it would no longer be there. Although that knowledge makes me sad, of course, it also makes me determined to find home wherever I happen to live. And to hold onto the memories of the place that once was.