Settling

We just celebrated the fourth anniversary of buying our house, and although this was not our first house, it is the longest that we have lived in one place our whole marriage, and the first house that we have loved and worked hard to make our own. I haven't felt connected to a place since we got married. My parents still live in the same house they lived in when I was born. Their community is small and close and it was a great place to grow up, but I always pictured myself leaving and never wanted to settle there with my family. I never pictured myself settling anywhere. The word 'settled' makes me uneasy, like I would have to grow up and act like an adult, which I have never pictured myself doing, either! But, as I realized this house anniversary had passed, I also realized that adulthood has snuck up on me and that I might have a few small roots growing into the soil of my little town.