Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.

Have you ever had a head so full of thoughts, you purposefully take the long way home? There is something about taking the backroads with the windows down that is so incredibly freeing. When my mind is racing with a million and one things, sometimes I just need to take in the summer breeze and sing at the top of my lungs.

My thoughts have been scattered lately. I’m not quite sure what it is.. but everything in my life has seemed to take on so much more meaning. I want to take in every laugh, every moment with my best friends, every talk with my mom and dad. I think that with each year, i realize that life doesn’t always stay so simple. I’ll follow my dreams and move to a big city, and this distance between me and my hometown will grow greater. My life will complicate itself and while I will always find the joys in life, I’m going to miss the perfection of my little old Georgia town. As one of my favorite musical artists so eloquently put it, “Thank God for hometowns, first kisses, and touch downs. Thank God for county lines that welcome you back in when you were dying to get out.” I was always dying to get out, and now that I’m out, I realize how blessed I was to have this. To have it all.. the saturday morning board games, the boat rides, the home cooked meals, the Georgia sky full of stars, and the perfect balance of city lights and country fields.

The beauty is that even if I move away and pursue a life so different than what I’ve grown up in, my home and my heart will always be here. So for the nest 2 months, I will cherish each and every  moment I have in my beautiful hometown. 


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