07-19-2017, 12:04 PM
I did give my condolences to her nails.
I've been wondering how this will affect your trips to the Bay Area, as I suspect the main draw was paternal. With me, it was maternal. Since my mom's passing 2 and a half years ago, I haven't been back to Indiana. I feel bad about that, because I have a sister back there, and nephews and nieces and grand versions of those that I'd really like to see as they grow up; but it just doesn't feel the same without Mom back there. The very foundation is gone.
Then there's the politics of Indiana.
I suppose for you it's different, because the filial responsibility is still there, in some form, and there's the need to give your sister (sisters?) a break. Anyway, these are the thoughts I've been having, in the context of my own relationship with "home."
I've been wondering how this will affect your trips to the Bay Area, as I suspect the main draw was paternal. With me, it was maternal. Since my mom's passing 2 and a half years ago, I haven't been back to Indiana. I feel bad about that, because I have a sister back there, and nephews and nieces and grand versions of those that I'd really like to see as they grow up; but it just doesn't feel the same without Mom back there. The very foundation is gone.
Then there's the politics of Indiana.
I suppose for you it's different, because the filial responsibility is still there, in some form, and there's the need to give your sister (sisters?) a break. Anyway, these are the thoughts I've been having, in the context of my own relationship with "home."
I'm nobody's pony.