missing the same imaginary place
"A community is a group of people united by the common objects of their love." -St. Augustine, The City of God Spending time at home always makes me realize a couple of things: 1. Though I love spending time with my family and friends in Michigan, I love my home at the Farm; I love having my own space and I miss it while I am away from it. 2. I love community. I love living in community, I love knowing and being friends with my neighbors, I love that as a community we care for each other. Community is what I missed after I left the Farm, but for whatever reason, this time being at home made me really aware of the little communities I had created for myself when I wasn't at the Farm. My small community of college friends, my community at church, my community of the besties--the group of friends I hold most dear here in Michigan. All of these communities, groups, urban families. There is something to be said about the ability to connect with people on some level, cal...