As you may have already read, I went to a funeral last week for a little friend of ours that passed due to complications from a congenital heart defect at the age of 7. Well, the funeral was in a city in the high plains in West Texas that I spent many years in for part of college and grad school. Every time Micah and I return, it feels like we never left.
We catch up with friends, eat at all of our favorite restaurants and really just take a step back in time. Micah and I left just a few weeks before we got married, and as much as we itched to leave the city, we both feel a sense of melancholy when we return.
I get the same feeling when I hold a baby. They're so soft and warm and smell like baby shampoo, but then they scream, make a angry poo in their diaper, and grow up to be teenagers. This place is flat, windy and seems to be about 60 years behind in time. I mean, they got a Chipotle only months before we moved.
C'mon people.
As anxious as I was to leave this place, this is where I met some of my best friends, met Micah, and really decided who I was and gained a voice for myself. I learned a lot about myself in this city, without a lot of distractions, and got really creative in my attempts at fun. So returning here, there was such a sense of peace and familiarity, but also of a bit of sadness that a chapter in our lives has closed.
Which town is this, Britt? I went to Tech in Lubbock, so these pics look very familiar to me. :)
ReplyDeleteThis was just south of Post, and yep, we went to Lubbock!
DeleteI have been to Lubbock once and I remember seeing these same scenes on the way there! Wind farms, corn fields...lots of flat land! You are great with your camera!!
ReplyDeleteThanks girl! Yup, the look is pretty distinct out there, hm?
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous pictures Britt... glad you're home safe and sound. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm loving having this 50mm lens.
DeleteAw, these are such beautiful pictures. I feel the same way whenever I go back to the area where I went to college. I grew up so much there, learned so much, made some lasting friendships.. it always makes me smile.
ReplyDeletexo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
Aw thank you! Yeah, it's funny how much I hated living there and found myself constantly bored. But now that I can return at will, it's special to me :)
DeleteSo sorry to hear about your loss. That is terribly sad.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way when I return to my old town in Texas. I was so happy to have left but when I visit I see all the good things I miss.
Exactly. I'm glad I don't have to live it every day, and when we drive through there, it feels like we never left. But it's nice to visit and reminisce.
DeleteThese pictures are so gorgeous and this post is written very beautifully :)
ReplyDeleteHi there! I found your blog on Kelly's Korner. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your young friend. My husband and I lived in Big Spring for five years. Those pictures reminded me of that area. Loved the area, hated being so far from family.
ReplyDeleteMy brother's in a band in Austin and all of my family lives south of there so we're in the area often. Austin rocks! :)
Hope you have a great day!
Shara