I was chatting with a good friend, a brother not by blood, but by God. He was sharing how homesick he was for home, Argentina. He lives here in Washington, has for well over two decades. He has a wife, several kids, and grand babies. BUT, his family, parents and siblings, etc. remain far to the south and he misses them so…In the midst of our chat on a social site, I had an epiphany and wrote this on a spontaneous urge…
“The salt in the ocean here, is the same as the salt in the ocean there…and the salt in your blood, your tears, your sweat is the same amount and taste and content…When you live, you do all those things all the time. Therefore, you are always home, and away from home. Always drawn near, back, away, and being embraced by home from within. The attraction is always there, as is the separation and embrace. The love never fades, nor does the salt…which is the essence of life no matter where you may be…Home is here, it is there…and it is okay to long for it, as well as hold near and dear the place your feet touch that distant shore, even from a distant shore. You are home…(I JUST now wrote that for YOU)“
…Love you Manny. Matty
Matthew Lyle Landsman 
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