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Brenda Sistrom's avatar

I’m just bawling... this Shenandoah Valley girl whose people are 7 generations Blue Ridge born & bred and who reads your Substack from the Pacific Northwest... . I’ve loved sharing your journey--your perspective stirring me. And as I read this chapter, I’m shot through with love and longing for these mountains we both call home. Thank you

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Patti Petersen's avatar

Exactly what I yearn to return to. I can't get that feeling back. Ever. My family is gone and "home" isn't a place anymore after moving over 40 times... it's mythical dream held deeply inside my imagination that has threatened to break me during this time of year for as long as I can remember.

This year for the first time I took a different approach. I stopped yearning for "home" and decided to start having new experiences and learning to resurface the memory neurons into a different scape.

Great read, I wanted to cry but held back. I am on a mission.

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