{"id":75,"date":"2010-08-30T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/2010\/08\/where-the-heart-is\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T21:06:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T03:06:54","slug":"where-the-heart-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Where the Heart Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_3exSs2ucOw4\/THskdGt0CuI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/oBGDL3PxxyA\/s1600\/heart2.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511038651455507170\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_3exSs2ucOw4\/THskdGt0CuI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/oBGDL3PxxyA\/s320\/heart2.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> 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.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">I had 2 moments on this excursion that I wasn&#8217;t expecting or prepared for so I guess I&#8217;m still processing them.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">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&#8217;s not &#8220;home&#8221; 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<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">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 &#8220;were a good team&#8221; and I couldn&#8217;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&#8217;d forgotten everyone else she knew who &#8220;Father&#8221; (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<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">I guess home really is where the heart is. And I am so happy to have a home, even if it isn&#8217;t exactly where I thought it would be.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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