For Coming Home Now

Mom, I think about coming home from out of town and staying there with you now that I’m grown. It feels different than it did when I was a kid, but in a really sweet way. Home did not disappear. It changed with us.

I understand that more now. Your love gave me a place to come from, and it still gives me a place to return to, even as life keeps moving and changing. That means more to me than I probably say out loud.

I hope this Saturday feels easy on you, with some comfort in your body and some peace around you as you keep recovering. I love you, Mom.