Bekah DiFelice is a military wife, and although I am not in the military, because of some moves I have made in life, I related to this book a lot. My search for home has brought many tears and has led to conversations of frustration trying to explain to my family that while I am single, I am my own family unit as an adult. This book has been the cry of my heart for the past ten years at least.
I am so thankful to Bekah DiFelice for writing this book and speaking words that spoke to my heart. It is a much needed book, whether or not you're in the military and can fully relate to her stories. Home is very important to me, but it is also this elusive place/people because of discontent in my heart to stay in one place. How can we find home in a life on the move?
"All my life has been a slow discovery of the sturdiness of God against the fleeting nature of everything else" (40).
"[H]ome is experienced in relationship - the place where you are known and loved at the same time.... where you are seen and understood and not thought too much of" (101).
Chapter eight struck a cord with me because it talked about the most homesick day - Sundays. My first Sunday at college was one of the most homesick for me, having grown up going to church with my family and just enjoying time together. I love Sundays - and it's the day I missed my family the most while living in DC the past four years.
"We all are our parents' children at the very same moment we are our most independent selves. And I suppose that sometimes we have to miss our parents to realize how deeply we love them - and still need them" (138).
I received this book for free from Tyndale Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
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