I resonated with so much of it. I'm from Michigan and have always wanted to leave, but the last two years I have felt so nostalgic. I also went home for a month this summer and the feelings were so mixed. It felt like home, but it had changed so much, or didn't fill my expectations. Still, it is a place I am so proud to be from. I loved the line, "I am learning to make peace with the idea that two things can be true at once, that I can hold love in my heart for the rural Midwest, and also know that I will never return." Thank you for writing it!
I resonated with so much of it. I'm from Michigan and have always wanted to leave, but the last two years I have felt so nostalgic. I also went home for a month this summer and the feelings were so mixed. It felt like home, but it had changed so much, or didn't fill my expectations. Still, it is a place I am so proud to be from. I loved the line, "I am learning to make peace with the idea that two things can be true at once, that I can hold love in my heart for the rural Midwest, and also know that I will never return." Thank you for writing it!