As the end of summer was approaching we all know what that means...school scheduling. I got a call from my best friend in Memphis to give me all the details about her upcoming senior year at Arlington and this very familiar feeling crept in.
Homesickness.
This feeling is not a stranger to me but I haven't felt it in awhile. Suddenly, I saw flashbacks to my senior year and was realizing the friends I started freshmen year with would not be the ones that I would walk across the stage to graduation with. This is sad to me! It was an unexpected wave of homesickness and it felt raw. I didn't like it, this crummy feeling.
These moments really help me to see how far I have come through the move. Yes, it is a year later and I will still have homesickness moments. I have learned that will be a part of it! I try to control these feelings with looking at the present. Looking at the friends that make me life and the beauty of Kentucky's rolling white fences that I have taken over my heart. I try really hard everyday to embrace Kentucky and to learn to love it. But, some days are just pure Memphis homesickness days... even a year later.
I don't ask for anybody to understand I just ask that they accept this feeling of mine that I get from time to time. I am so pumped for senior year at Ryle, without a doubt! I love Kentucky but I love Memphis too. I have room in my heart for two :)
