Monday, August 1, 2011

Home?

There’s been a lot of buzz around the MilSpouse community (well … my “community” is limited to a forum because Portland, ME is mostly a Coast Guard/National Guard town) about the subject of home.

Is home where you hang your hat?
Where you make it?
A specific place?

I’m probably standing on my own island … but to me? A house is just a house until Drew & I finally stop our geographic tango. Home? Home to us is SoCal. I love it there, I want to raise my (future, God willing and the creek don’t rise) children there (or furbabies if I end up deciding kiddos are too much for me to possibly consider handling). We would like to buy a house when the constant upheaval comes to a cease-fire.

But in the meantime? My plan is to enjoy the ride. I’d gladly give a limb or two for an opportunity to live/work in Washington D.C. I want to live in the South at some point. But I also wouldn’t say no to Japan … or Italy … or Spain … or even Iceland. (I do NOT look forward to living in 29 Palms, Yuma, Fort Huachuca or Barstow. )

I know that just about every military wife on the planet is happy to say that home is wherever her husband’s career takes them. Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy living in our apartment with all the little homey touches … but there’s just something about this neck of the country that just doesn’t “feel” like home to me. Maybe it’s a Maine thing. Maybe it’s an entire country thing. Who knows; I’ll have to let you know in the next 4-5 months when we officially get orders.

What about you? Where do you call home?

5 comments:

  1. I'm right there with ya! Except the northeast is my home. Hawaii and California were beautiful, but I never felt a connection to them. Maybe it has to do with the familiarity of where I was brought up? I love giant maples and the beautiful scenery and the people and the food (I could do without the cold-ass, gray Atlantic, though... Hawaii beaches spoiled me!), and being around that makes me feel "home".

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  2. Home is where my husband and I have build it. Although, I still reside in the same state from where I grew up and now we own property here, so yep. Home is right here where I am with DH in our little house.

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  3. Home is Alabama/Georgia to me. But, the relationships I've made in this shit-hole of a post have made it more than bearable. It's why I decided to stay throughout the deployment. I make it very clear that I am not home currently, but living my married life alone while husband is deployed. I can't wait for him to get back so maybe I can feel differently, but home will always be where I grew up. I really don't want to raise my future spawn anywhere else.

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  4. I'm not sure were home is anymore. Neither of us want to return to were we came from. We bought a house on RD but it was more as a investment and we will never live here again. We love the NC/SC coastline and are happiest when we vacation there so we are hoping to retire in that area. Until then though we feel like we are floating.

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  5. I agree. This moving constantly has kept me from putting too much effort into decorating or buying nice window coverings. We are at Camp Pendleton now and I love it...well SoCal that is. You can't beat the weather and there is plenty to do. However, I can't say this feels like home to me. I am from WI and hubby is from IL. The hustle bustle gets old when just going out to get a gallon a milk is like risking your life in rush hour on the 5. When I visit home, I appreciate the large green yards and leisurely strolls to the local store. But I do believe, when enjoying dinner with my husband in our housing on base, it feels like home in that instant.

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