マディさんのインスタグラム写真 - (マディInstagram)「Going back to where you’re from is a sort of pilgrimage for the soul, it’s good to sit and be still and feel where you came from. When you know where you’re from ya can know where to go. ⁣ ⁣ Being here reminds me of growing watermelons with my Granddaddy, those things love sandy soil. His seeds weren’t the Bradfords, at least I don’t reckon so, they were some other type I never see these days. They were solid green like a Bradford but his were round. I’ll never forget him teaching me to never pickup a watermelon before rolling it over with my foot to check for black widow spiders.⁣ ⁣ I can feel the sadness of knowing my kin won’t have continuity with this place anymore. I’m the end, the path turned another direction. I feel that deeply because my Great Great Grandfather is buried in a family cemetery here. WW2 and building Camp Lejeune took the last large slice of my families old land, a “donation” my Grandfather spoke of fondly knowing our part in helping, and now finally an expanding Hwy 17 took the rest. ⁣ ⁣ But it doesn’t feel like a loss, a sadness yes, but not a loss. In the past that would be confusing to me but I like that both are true to me now.」8月26日 23時53分