The desire to go home that is a desire to be whole, to know where you are, to be the point of intersection of all the lines drawn through all the stars, to be the constellation-maker and the center of the world, that center called love. To awaken from sleep, to rest from awakening, to tame the animal, to let the soul go wild, to shelter in darkness and blaze with light, to cease to speak and be perfectly understood.”
—-Rebecca Solnit
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
I do think that the desire to go home is a way of not living a fragment of one’s life.
Beautiful quote, I feel we’re constantly striving to arrive there and if we get anywhere close we’re doing pretty good. Hope you have a great weekend Rudri! -Iva
I’m with Iva! We’re always trying to get there – to get all those feelings. And to have it every now and then, or to nearly always have it is often how I feel.