Writing our name in the land

Can we ever belong to the land ? Can we find peace in a place ?
I have often marveled at those who can spend their whole life in one place. What a wonderful thing to know a place so well, to share some of it's secrets, to say it is home. I also admire those who can pick up and move to another country to leave behind everything sometimes their culture and language and they flourish. They go and carve their name in their new land.

To carve your name in the land is to say I belong here, this is where I am meant to flourish. I own up to living here and calling this my home, I will know this sense of place and make it my own. I have so many friends and family who have a place they love. It lights your soul to see they belong, they are happy and that yes they fit exactly where they are.

I wonder will I ever carve my name in the land ? Could Texas be the place I call home, my sense of place. Could I make it my own ? Is this where I am meant to be ? Will Texas define my sense of place ?

Everywhere I have lived I have left behind a piece of myself, I have found good things and I have felt a part of the area. I have things all over the country that I love and things I can relate to, a sense of place from each one. People often ask me where Sam & I are going to "retire" or settle, where would we like to be. Who knows. I can tell you I have planted things, tended gardens, made things grow, delved into the communities, and worked to make things better. I have voted and volunteered, I have toured and traveled, lived and experienced every place I have been.
I take a piece of the places I have been with me, they are forever imprinted on my soul. Perhaps my sense of place is everywhere. Perhaps I need roots.... then again I prefer wings. I wonder where my children will call their home, what they will find in the world, and how they will define their sense of place. Will they be gypsies like me ? will they go back to somewhere we have been ? will they find a new place and make their own roots ?

Then I think about Texas and it's charms....could I ever carve my name in this land ?