Today I leave the town that is home to me to a foreign land with sunshine and ocean beach. While I can say I am very excited, that excitement also comes with a second hand of sorrow: leaving home. Olympia, as strange a city as it may be, has fostered me to my current existence, and as they say, "Home is where the heart is."
Everything I know is in Olympia. My foundations, my family, my church, my heart. San Diego is the next chapter in my life, but will never be called "home." New things will be found: new friends, new knowledge, new readings, new sceneries, this I am grateful for, but nothing may cure my Olympia Blues but time itself.
Later in the song, Foreman writes, “It’ll be a day like this one when the sky falls down, and the hungry and the poor and deserted are found.” While my sky isn’t quite falling down, I’m sure it’ll feel like it for a time after my parents drop me off. I, like mankind before me, am the broken one battling through what life throws at me with God's grace as my motivation to persevere. With few friends I shall make more and build new relationships to add to those I await at home; and those at home I already miss. "Is there any other honest song to sing besides these blues?"
But I know soon I will adjust and in a few short months I will return home to be with my friends and family to share stories with each other. Maybe my blues aren't so blue after all, but rather shades of highlight that one day I will be able to look back upon with fond memories. December 17th will come sooner than expected, until then friends, let's keep in touch.
"I can do all things through him who strengthens me" Phillipians 4:13
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"...shades of highlight that one day I will be able to look bak upon with fond memories." Well put, my friend. We're going to miss you so much!
This is so true! I still remember how excited I was went my parents dropped me off at college, but it didn't take long for me to realize home is where the heart is. As much fun as college is, "home" is where you will come back to relax, be loved and feel like you can be yourself. You will be missed a lot by the rossingiggle family!!
Awh Wyan we will miss you too! This is very true! I never knew how talented of a writer you are! Come back and tell me all your stories and give me any advice you have for your little sis! =)
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