There's no place like home...

Although I live in the land of Dorothy and Toto, I don't have ruby slippers at my disposal.  Tonight, I really wish I did.  Because on May 9, 2012, I am going to do something "they" say you cannot - I am going home.  Back to the future in real time.  It seems "they" (whoever they are) are wrong.

For many years, home has been in two places.  Home will always be the farm where I grew up, and where my mother still happily resides.  Home has also been where I raised my children, and have lived for the last 17 years of my life.  But on May 1, this house goes up for sale, and I hope it will sell very quickly.  And on May 9 I will pull away from here with a load of belongings, and I will join my two homes into one place, both in my heart, and to lay down my head at night.

Between now and then, I have more packing, sorting, disposing of and selling to do than I ever thought possible.  Where did all this stuff come from?  It's incredible.

There is much that I will miss about living in Kansas City, all to do with the wonderful friends I am leaving behind.  But to spend the next few years seeing my mother every day, to be a part of my extended family happenings again, and to allow myself to be in a place where I find peace will be a blessing beyond measure.

Hello Minnesota.  I've missed you.  I'm coming home.