To all, from Ike,
After a 2 month experiment/adventure in South Carolina I have come to the conclusion that Maine is my home...for better or worse.
Lee and I are now back where we belong, amongst our hundreds of friends, neighbors, and colleagues. Lee is back at Dexter HS and is looking forward to another wrestling season.
South Carolina is a great place but not for this old Mainer. It took being away from it to make me appreciate what I had. Homesick?????
Keep in mind, for the first 17 years of my life our family moved no less than 8 times and I attended 11 different schools. There was no place that I could call home. Maine, with all its warts and shortcomings was the first place that I was a viable member of a community.
Lee and Lindy will probably move on but one thing that can never be taken from them is that they were born, raised, and grew up in one community.......THEIR community.
Sorry to get so sappy but I speak from the heart.
Anyway, Nancy is going great guns in South Carolina. She too is building a sense of community. She was very supportive in my move south and subsequently was supportive, yet saddened of my decision to return to Maine. Nancy and I spent a lot of time together and worked on some cool projects that are starting to pay off.
South Carolina will always be in my visitation plans.
Nancy has worked incredibly hard on building a very professional political/news/commentary web site www.rightbias.com. Please take the time to visit and and recommend it to friends.
When you visit it be sure to check out my weekly piece that is a part of www.rightbias.com. Just click on Curious Character to read my random thoughts of the week.
Hey to all...keep in touch
Ike
imorgan@tds.net
Hi Ike!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you moved back north before I got a chance to come down and visit, but I'm glad to hear that you're in a place you feel comfortable calling 'home'. Hopefully our paths will cross one of these times you come down south again...
Congrats on the move!
Love,
Sara
Omigosh . . . it seems I'm not the only one in the family wandering the earth and ending up back where she started! What an adventure for both of you, Ike and Lee. Broader perspective from lived experience is what it's all about.
ReplyDeletemuch love and support on your outer and inner journeys,
sister/antmickey
Ike and Lee,
ReplyDeleteWe will be sure to give you a call whenever we make it back to Maine (it might be a while!). Happy you gave it a try... sometimes that's the only way we appreciate what we once had.
Much love to you,
Claire
Change is good even when you're changing back to what you had in the first place. Be sure to let us know your new address and phone number when you get back home.
ReplyDeleteMuch love to you both,
Cookie, Poppy and Hana ^..^ )