We went back to NE Oregon for a couple days on personal
business and slipped in a little real business at the same time. While we were
there, visiting with some family and wishing we could visit with all our family
and friends I got to thinking about what made NE Oregon “home” to us.
Is it the fact that most of our family lives there? Well,
maybe, but it’s not just that. Is it because we grew up in the area and, like a
salmon going back to its home waters, we are drawn to the area by some unseen
and unknown element? Again, I don’t think that’s it either. Perhaps a
combination of those things?
It might be one of the things we will never explain. Still,
there is something about our moods, our sense of well being, our overall feeling
when we are in that part of Oregon.(examples below)
West Eagle Meadows
Main Eagle Creek
The Elkhorn Mountains
The Eagle Cap Wilderness
The Grande Round Valley
I know that where we are living is beautiful, there are
mountain all around us, lots of lakes, rivers, and other things that have, and
continue to capture our attention, but it just does not feel like home in the
same way that NE Oregon does.
Perhaps one of these days we will find a way to get back
there, only time will tell, and then we will once again be “home.”
What does “home” mean to you? Is it a location, the place
where you live, or is it where your family and friends are located? How would
you express what “home” is to you?
Home is where I live with my wonderful wife and our small zoo of dogs and cats. That happens to be Texas at the moment. We miss the mountains, trees and clear running water of the Pacific Northwest. We miss people there, too. But it would never be home until we can move there in God's timing.
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