She wasn’t “home” when we left the driveway. “Home” was in Texas with another family. I sold the trailer house that had been home to us during the summer months last fall. What we left “home, home” with in May was an RV full of our belongings.
It didn’t take long for the ‘ole girl to become “home” once we got to Burkburnett, Texas. We arrived there on May 10 and got our very first rain day. So, I had plenty of time to get it set up the way I wanted to make it feel like home. And it did. The Cottage on Wheels felt like home almost immediately. When the girls arrived in Shattuck, Oklahoma, it was even more like home.
But, with the girls leaving Lewistown nearly two weeks ago, harvest began taking on a whole different feel (like seeing the mountains in your rearview mirror). Tonight, I will be sitting in our “home” for the very last time! From here on out, she will become what used to be. Tomorrow morning, after I’ve taken all the pieces of “home” off the walls and the shelves for the last time, it will become just another trailer house. “Home, home” is on the horizon. “Home, home” which means lots and lots of work but it also means the kids…and I miss the kids!
Tomorrow will be the start of the first 1,000 miles of our 3,000 mile trip back home. Our farmer at home called Jim yesterday and said the corn was starting to get picked. No lollygagging allowed. It’s time to get back home and face the work and the new season it brings with it!