AdmiralTofu
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With my relationship with my son's mother having been over for a year and a half now, and with her recently telling me that she plans to move with our boy to Atlanta within the next 12 months (a decision which, as much as it pains me, I fully support -- this town we live in is not a healthy environment for either her to live in, or my son to grow up in), I've decided that the time has come for me to go home -- 'home' being mid-coast Maine. I've given a month's notice at my job, and in six weeks, I'll be packing up the old Camry and heading northward.
It's been five years since I moved away, and three years since I've been back for so much as a visit. I miss my family, and miss the place. It'll be great to be back home, but of course, bittersweet, as my relationship with my kid will now be long-distance.
But, I'm starting to digress now. This thread isn't about endings; it's about beginnings -- about going home. Has anybody else here ever returned home after a long absence? What was it like? Was it everything you expected? Did you get emotional when you reached some milestone that truly said 'You're home'? (I fully expect to weep when I cross the Piscataqua River into Maine!) Was it a disappointment? Had things changed so much that you hardly recognized the place? Exciting? Depressing? Anticlimactic?
I'm interested in folks' experiences. This is a major life change for me, and I'm looking for perspective -- good and bad.
-Tofu
It's been five years since I moved away, and three years since I've been back for so much as a visit. I miss my family, and miss the place. It'll be great to be back home, but of course, bittersweet, as my relationship with my kid will now be long-distance.
But, I'm starting to digress now. This thread isn't about endings; it's about beginnings -- about going home. Has anybody else here ever returned home after a long absence? What was it like? Was it everything you expected? Did you get emotional when you reached some milestone that truly said 'You're home'? (I fully expect to weep when I cross the Piscataqua River into Maine!) Was it a disappointment? Had things changed so much that you hardly recognized the place? Exciting? Depressing? Anticlimactic?
I'm interested in folks' experiences. This is a major life change for me, and I'm looking for perspective -- good and bad.
-Tofu