#52 Stories--Story #25

Sorry, I was out of town for Easter and didn't get this prepped to auto-publish.

Where are your roots?  Do you feel strong ties to a particular place, either because of your own personal experience or your ancestry?

I love my hometown, but it isn't what I remember when I go back to visit.  I guess that is the way things go, as if you aren't changing  you are staying the same.  But Gilroy was a great place to grown up. I had wonderful friends, and made some terrific memories there.  The homestead my parents still live on was a super place too! I loved having the space to have animals, adventures, exercise my imagination, play without any more worries that "Will there be a snake on the next rock in the sunshine?" I do enjoy going home to visit with my parents, and enjoying the space again, but it is too "out of town" for my taste these days.  But it was a wonderful place to grow up.

As far as feeling an affinity to other places, I have always had a pull to the British Isles.  I finally got to visit in 2016.  I had about a week in London and then saw Dover and Newcastle. Plus a quick stopover in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.  I haven't made it to Ireland yet, but that is on my bucket list.  I'm not sure what draws me to these places, but I love the language, the accent, the manners, the history and the people.  I love to listen and tell stories, so maybe that is it.  The Irish are notorious story tellers.  and when I did get my DNA traced, I was surprised to find out I'm 17% Irish by my DNA.  I'll take that.