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Memories are worth it, but oh, homesickness is real!

Homesickness

“Heart thoughts are profound, hindsight aches and hope is obscure.
I’m craving a great adventure — one that leads me back home.”
—Donna Lynn Hope

Homesickness

Harried bumps in the road
Oafish swish-swash on tracks
Merrily the swipe of Bavaria
Eagerness to wolf down baked goods
Stranger dangers seem far away
Illicit pranks of broken down water closets
Chiming of bells, bells, bells
Killing time by rubbing off soap from hands
Numb-founded at pratfall
Eager to move from place to place
Soon…soon…be still and let God move
Seas separate kin like whites and yolks
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Etgen-Baker Avatar
May 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
beautiful imagery and captivating poem about Germany. It's the land of my descendants....Bavaria.
Rodrigues Avatar
May 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Danke! ;)
Hind Avatar
May 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This is beautiful. I love how you work with such language, it's a gift how you describe things... wow, Kim <3
Rodrigues Avatar
May 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Thank you so much xx
Maverick Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Also..Sie habe die bäkeri besuchen Kim Und sußigkieten ge-geßen höfentich nicht wie Wölfen richtig.' I would never live It down a friend of mine as well.' Lol))) the Pasteries are good and the pumpernickel bread also..Are you still There.?
Rodrigues Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
No, we are home sweet home, but miss the food and walks! Your humor funny! Actually I enjoyed but was careful and walked so much. I lost weight and my A1C is so much better.
Goldsmith Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I enjoyed reading your "Homesickness" write. It is great to leave home then great to get back home. Away makes us love home more... Have a great/fun day writing away.......
Rodrigues Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I agree!
Dietrich Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Great tone showing homesickness. I never really experienced this. In my Madrid abroad program age 19, I was the only one of 23 students who was not excited to leave Spain. When I left Iowa for college in Utah, I missed my state but adapted quickly to Utah. I never liked being the one in my family to miss most reunions but that seems to have been my fate!
Rodrigues Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Glad you had a great time! It was just a long 6 weeks. I will travel again…one trip at a time :)
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