At 30 yrs old I find myself more home sick than ever....
I left the hills of WV to better my life, what ever that means. LOL I wanted to move to VA and stand on my own two feet or so I thought. I've been in VA from 2001 I'm not 100% sure of why I left WV but something was nagging at me to get moving, get up, and get out there and go. So I did just that.
Once down here I remarried had my second daughter and from that point I feel like my life is at a stale stand still. I want to further my education, look into a collage course, and start building a better life not for me but for my children.
I want to give them both more than I had as a child, so far they have a good home, school, clothes, and things of that nature. The one thing I long to give them... that I had as a child, that they do not have here is closeness of family and friends. That is what I miss so much about home what really matters family and friends.
I would give anything to have a small farm just enough to plant a few crops on. Family and friends around me. I miss the sunsets, and music around a bonfire. There isn't much in the way of jobs in WV but for some reason I see now that I was richer back there than any other place on earth.
I have more back there now than when I first left, more family! I would love to get to know them better.
The state I'm in now seems to be more of a dog eat dog place. The work load placed on families so they can scrape by leaves little room for anything else. I think I would toss every material thing I have out the window right this instant and be happy being poor in a place that knows what true wealth is, I'll say this much it has nothing to do with $$ at all.
I plan to go back to WV for a few weeks this summer if not longer, I very much so could use a change of scenery. And a good long visit with my family the mountains and river will do my body, mind and spirit good.
I need to make it a point to get back home more often! But that is easier wished than done.
Once down here I remarried had my second daughter and from that point I feel like my life is at a stale stand still. I want to further my education, look into a collage course, and start building a better life not for me but for my children.
I want to give them both more than I had as a child, so far they have a good home, school, clothes, and things of that nature. The one thing I long to give them... that I had as a child, that they do not have here is closeness of family and friends. That is what I miss so much about home what really matters family and friends.
I would give anything to have a small farm just enough to plant a few crops on. Family and friends around me. I miss the sunsets, and music around a bonfire. There isn't much in the way of jobs in WV but for some reason I see now that I was richer back there than any other place on earth.
I have more back there now than when I first left, more family! I would love to get to know them better.
The state I'm in now seems to be more of a dog eat dog place. The work load placed on families so they can scrape by leaves little room for anything else. I think I would toss every material thing I have out the window right this instant and be happy being poor in a place that knows what true wealth is, I'll say this much it has nothing to do with $$ at all.
I plan to go back to WV for a few weeks this summer if not longer, I very much so could use a change of scenery. And a good long visit with my family the mountains and river will do my body, mind and spirit good.
I need to make it a point to get back home more often! But that is easier wished than done.
I agree with you 100% about West Virginia. Home sweet almost heaven....
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