What Will I Miss About California When I Move To Spain?
Not a whole hell of a lot, but first we have to agree on the definition of miss
Based on how I define the word, the only thing I’ll truly miss about California is my daughter.
While she doesn’t define the place, she evokes the strongest emotion when I think about leaving. This emotion isn’t something I will merely wax nostalgic about when I consider California from 5,989 miles away.
I will feel it. Even if we video call near daily the way we do now and see one another the same number of cumulative days in a year — (maybe more, actually) — distance has a way of amplifying feelings. It can make the heart grow fonder, but it can also make you blow shit out of proportion.
Like many words in the English language, we throw around miss a little too casually.
But that’s okay. As I considered this, it helped me figure out myself — and life — a little more.
When you miss, you —
When you feel nostalgia, you —
So there’s a distinction that’s easy to lose sight of.
Do you miss things or people or are you (not so) simply nostalgic about or otherwise emotionally affected by what they represent? By the impact…
