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\"\"<\/span><\/a> I spend this past weekend in the rural Minnesota community I grew up in. I spent some real quality time with my cousin and my grandfather. I did some power shopping and actually found pants that fit me- which is quite a challenge for a 6 foot tall woman.
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I had 2 moments on this excursion that I wasn’t expecting or prepared for so I guess I’m still processing them.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The first happened on Saturday night while I was driving past the high school I graduated from on my way to services at my old church. It suddenly really hit me- while this area is a lovely place to visit it’s not “home” anymore. My home is here- with my husband, our cats and the life we are making together. It was a mostly good feeling but a little melancholy too.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The second moment came while I was visiting with my grandfather. We talked for some time about my grandmother who passed away in 2007. Grandpa said that the two of them “were a good team” and I couldn’t agree with him more. They met as children- they went to the same church- and were married for 64 years. The last few years were tough as we all watched Grandma slowly leave us as a result of dementia but long after she’d forgotten everyone else she knew who “Father” (her name for him) was. It was the first time he and I had really talked about her since she passed and I was really taken aback by the amount of emotion Grandpa displayed talking about her. It was obvious what a great life and great love they had together. I was actually a little choked up when I left his house to start the 2 hour drive back home. <\/span><\/div>\n
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I guess home really is where the heart is. And I am so happy to have a home, even if it isn’t exactly where I thought it would be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I spend this past weekend in the rural Minnesota community I grew up in. I spent some real quality time with my cousin and my grandfather. I did some power shopping and actually found pants that fit me- which is quite a challenge for a 6 foot tall woman. I had 2 moments on this excursion that I wasn’t expecting… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-its-all-love","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t