The other day, in the car on the way to sushi happy hour, Roxy says how spring used to always make her feel so nostalgic for Colorado. I was shocked to hear this as this is something I go through every year and had no idea other people felt the same way, much less my own mother. She said she doesn't feel that way this year, not towards Colorado anyway. This year her yearning is for Minnesota.

My spring nostalgia is for very specific places. The back deck of the house in Hazen, ND that I grew up in and my grandma's deck in Conifer, Colorado. The cool spring mornings, the sunshine and the sound of the birds all bring me right back there. I imagine eventually I will add my mom's deck to that list, her deck on the house I am living in with her right now. I think this spring, I also feel it for the dock on the lake we stay in Minnesota.

A quick google search tells me we are not alone in this. I easily find a handful of blog posts of other folks who feel this way as well. For me, it's hard to mix this with my case of the Februarys. I want to only be excited about spring. For me, nostalgia is a bit sad. It's a longing that can't be filled. So I sit with it. And look forward to the mornings soon to be spent on my mom's deck.

And of course recognizing this is a thing I go through, I want to read my way through it. Books added to my list:

On Nostalgia by David Berry

The Future of Nostalgia by Svetlana Boym

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz

And here's a whole list of books to read when feeling Nostalgic! I love me a great reading list: Books for When You're Feeling Nostalgic and Dreamy