It has taken me 5 years to get used to living in the country versus Atlanta suburban life. Adjusting to Kroger, Publix, Malls and Wal Mart not being within 3 miles of my house was needless to say a bit “shocking”. However on my last visit back to Atlanta —for the first time—–there was a yearning inside my heart to get back to the North Georgia mountains. I didn’t cry as I drove north of Marietta and noticed the hills and mountains entering my line of sight. It was nice to go the speed limit (and a little more) for more than 5 miles without traffic congestion. And when I would stop on the highway———I could actually see the reason I stopped was because a traffic light was red. I don’t know how many hours I spent stopped or creeping in Atlanta traffic to never figure out why I was ever stopped in the first place! The road that takes me to the North Georgia Mountains is a 4 lane from Atlanta and as I neared the little mountain towns —–the mountains seem to get closer and closer on each side of the road. My death grip on the steering wheel started to ease and the tension of the busy city life was a memory in my rear view mirror.
I don’t know what switch flipped in me and maybe it wasn’t a switch——it was more like a light dimmer for 5 years that has finally switched off. The slow pace of north Georgia mountain living is finally a welcome feeling in my life. Although the city visits will always be something I will look forward to—-I mean convenience is a nice luxury– but the mountains and small town people have become my home and I am just where the Lord intended for me to be. I have always known that, but now I can finally say——-there is no place like home and my home is in the north Georgia mountains.
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