Home.

I really miss Rexburg. I miss the Wal-Mart runs. I miss the walks around campus. I miss the crazy unpredictable weather. I miss the friendly community. I miss the sunsets. I miss the opportunity. I miss BYU-Idaho. I miss friends. I miss my apartment. I miss Porter Park. I miss Becca's obsession with shoes. I miss Trish's addiction with Capri Sun. I miss Casey Pappas' maps on our walls. I miss Chloe's bubble wrap costume. I miss Ethan's procrastination. I miss Russell's guitar shows. I miss Casey's laugh. I miss feeling at home. I miss being able to look up anywhere on campus and seeing the temple. Rexburg has taught me more than I'll ever know, and I know once I go back I'll be in for way more than I thought was possible.



But now, I'm home in Oregon. I'm able to have more predictable weather. I'm able to sit out in the country and hear livestock. I'm able to drive to the coast. I'm able to belt out without having the neighbor's give me funny looks. I'm able to be with my family. I'm able to go boating. I'm able to go camping. I'm able to work with a very high minimum wage. I'm able to have someone pump my gas for me. I'm able to drive my car. I'm able to show my family how Rexburg has changed me. I'm able to see the most breath-taking view of the cascades from the top of my neighbor's property. I'm able to wake up and call Casey. I'm able to abandon my cell phone because it does me no good at home. I'm able to have my own room. I'm able to prepare to go back home to Rexburg. I do have to drive 45 minutes to the nearest temple, but it's just as unbelievably gorgeous as the next one.


I have 2 homes now. The first chapter in my life, I called home Oregon. Now I'm on the next chapter, and I call home Idaho. Who knows where home will be next?