Do you ever get homesick? [View All]

I moved far, far, far away from my family in Georgia and to be honest, given the hard right turn it has made in the last few years I don't regret my decision not to go back to the place I grew up.

But every now and again, I miss the area. I miss the rivers, the forests, the swamps, the heat and the thunderstorms. I miss the wildlife and I miss the plant life of which my grandmother taught me so much about. I miss the long growing seasons and the smell of gardenias and magnolias that used to perfume the air on a muggy summer night.

I haven't lived in Georgia for 20 years and I still can call up all those memories and smells and sensations in my mind and miss the hell out of it.