Moving around a lot has some real obvious benefits.  You get to see many new places.  Experience plenty of adventures.  Meet amazing people.  Join and become a part of wonderful communities.  Plus, you get another place to call home.  Places where you leave part of yourself and in turn, the new home enriches you and takes your life in new directions that you never expect.

Lastly, you get a chance to return and visit those old “homes.” See familiar faces that always welcome you back.  See friends that joined you in the adventure.  See family that watched you grow.

Being a nomad certainly has some downsides, as you sometimes appear to drift in the wind, but oh what a wonderful feeling it is to pause and reflect on all the treasured places where that wind carried you.

Happy Birthday to my amazing sister Kathy, who always welcomes me back home.