"Slowly, Calling the Burbs Home" by Patricia Lahrmer

The way that Patricia describes her vision of the suburbs, reminds me of the way I might view it. Not quite feeling total comfort living there, but letting it kind of grow on you. I like to live in a place that has some excitement to it. Maybe it's because I have always lived that way, or maybe it's just because I want to live in a place that has a more "homey" feel to it.

Patricia has kind of given in to her life in the "burbs" and is just content to living where she feels most comfortable. She thinks about the reasons why her and her husband stay where they have lived for 20 years and is just takes comfort in knowing that she only has to walk a short distance for her favorite kind of coffee and books. The sites, the smells and the neighbors all make her realize that no matter how much she thought she wasn't a part of this community, she actually is a very big part of it.

When telling someone about the events that happens very rarely in the suburbs, she finds herself irritated for sharing, because many people have this vision of the suburbs being boring, and she doesn't like being categorized as a suburban family, for one reason or another.

After sitting there (I assume in her attic) writing this article, she seems to have realized that she will probably never leave the suburbs because they have become home, more than she has ever realized, and possibly wanted.