I'm glad my words landed in your heart today, Jill. My mom was born in the Evanston hospital and I agree: it's so much different from when we grew up on the North Shore. And when I go back to LF, I stay at a hotel, and cry my eyes out every time I pass my old house... Glad you have home in Seattle. I loved living there!
This piece so resonates with me. I grew up in Evanston, not Lake Forest Park, and had much the same experience of growing up that you write about. I think my mother may have had an account at the local meat market on Central St. Evanston also has a fountain that forms the core of its downtown. When I go back I don't recognize my hometown. It too has seen the demise of small mom and pop stores, particularly in downtown. I don't go back much, not even for high school reunions. It would seem odd to stay in a hotel in my hometown. The nostalgia I feel for Evanston I now am feeling for Seattle. Thank you for reminding me of my hometown this holiday season.
I'm glad my words landed in your heart today, Jill. My mom was born in the Evanston hospital and I agree: it's so much different from when we grew up on the North Shore. And when I go back to LF, I stay at a hotel, and cry my eyes out every time I pass my old house... Glad you have home in Seattle. I loved living there!
This piece so resonates with me. I grew up in Evanston, not Lake Forest Park, and had much the same experience of growing up that you write about. I think my mother may have had an account at the local meat market on Central St. Evanston also has a fountain that forms the core of its downtown. When I go back I don't recognize my hometown. It too has seen the demise of small mom and pop stores, particularly in downtown. I don't go back much, not even for high school reunions. It would seem odd to stay in a hotel in my hometown. The nostalgia I feel for Evanston I now am feeling for Seattle. Thank you for reminding me of my hometown this holiday season.