Another great piece, Neena. Home cannot be physical. Lord forbid! Since we are born one place and then as Caribbean people, we migrate to other shores it has to be a mental map. So home is where we find comfort, where we do familiar things, where we lyme, where we find rest from troubles and we make it personal.
Lovely read. Brings back great memories. Home is where you family can come anytime and feel safe, comfortable to gyaff laugh and talk over problems. Some homes like Switzerland, some like Syberia and some like Guyana - neutral, extreme or free for all.
Inds, thanks for reading and sharing what you think. "Some homes like Switzerland, some like Syberia and some like Guyana - neutral, extreme or free for all." I gon think about this plenty now. Is good, real good.
Such a lovely piece, Neena! Perfectly written, and it touches all the right buttons. The only thing I didn't like about it was the length. I wish there was more! These lines touched me the most - "Sad to say, the house was empty when I returned from my vibrant Island days. Only me and Ma now. Grieving. Adjusting. Struggling with heavy emotions." Thank you, for articulating so well what the heart often struggles with.
Another great piece, Neena. Home cannot be physical. Lord forbid! Since we are born one place and then as Caribbean people, we migrate to other shores it has to be a mental map. So home is where we find comfort, where we do familiar things, where we lyme, where we find rest from troubles and we make it personal.
Thank you, Camille. I like that. :-) Home cannot be physical. We have to make it a lovely mental space. The place we seek good, healing things.
Lovely read. Brings back great memories. Home is where you family can come anytime and feel safe, comfortable to gyaff laugh and talk over problems. Some homes like Switzerland, some like Syberia and some like Guyana - neutral, extreme or free for all.
Inds, thanks for reading and sharing what you think. "Some homes like Switzerland, some like Syberia and some like Guyana - neutral, extreme or free for all." I gon think about this plenty now. Is good, real good.
Such a lovely piece, Neena! Perfectly written, and it touches all the right buttons. The only thing I didn't like about it was the length. I wish there was more! These lines touched me the most - "Sad to say, the house was empty when I returned from my vibrant Island days. Only me and Ma now. Grieving. Adjusting. Struggling with heavy emotions." Thank you, for articulating so well what the heart often struggles with.
Dear, dear Cloud. Welcome and thank you. :-) I do hope that what I write, even as briefly as this, will help someone out there.
Aaah, those heavy emotions, Cloud. sigh. I want to take one brush and paint them with one swoosh of the brush, it hurts to go too deep.
There you go again, weaving magic with your words!