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Thinking of Home

My brother sent a photo of Our childhood home and, yes, It brought me back to younger days But what I must confess… Is that, though I was happy there, I’ve no wish to go back. The intervening years have set me On a different track. It’s nice to reminisce but really When we think of home, We should be happy where we keep Our toothbrush and our comb. If all our time’s spent in the past Where we did once belong, Then something in our current life Is definitely wrong.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/15/2020 8:21:00 PM

Love that last stanza. So true... And if we do 'go back,' we are so disappointed at what we find. ~ Moving forward! :) gw

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/15/2020 1:43:00 PM

I am reminded of Max Boyce singing, "The Pithead Baths are a supermarket now" - Home is where your heart is and, according to John Wayne, that is where you hang your hat! Nice one, Irene! Aloha! Rico

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 8/15/2020 11:48:00 AM

Wow, this one hits home, Ilene. I'm living in a home where my parents once lived, so it's hard to escape the memories. Living alone during a pandemic isn't much fun either. As always, excellent writing. Best wishes, Carolyn

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/15/2020 3:13:00 AM

Your words are so true Ilene, we've lived that life and moved on, it's nice to look back but we have to look ahead and home is now where your heart is and in my case just the toothbrush lol. Tom

John Watt

Date: 8/15/2020 1:17:00 AM

So true, ilene. I think we'd find the "good ol' days" are more ol' than good.

Jan Allison

Date: 8/14/2020 5:29:00 PM

I can relate big time in my life, far better to live ;in the now' and keep our memories of the past in the past - some years ago we went back to where we once lived and it was not the happy experience we had hoped for:-( hugs Jan xx