"Home is the place your heart resides
Home is the place that you decide
Home is the womb that holds the soul
Home is the place where one is whole"
It was April Fool's Day, 2009, my older brother got on the train to a city far away from home. He just graduated from college and found a job there. Because of his tight schedule, he even had no time to come back home. So we could only meet him at the train station on the day he left.
Considering it was the first time he had left home for a long time and went to so far a place without knowing when to return, I suddenly had a feeling that as if there was a part of my heart tearing away from me. Then I came up an idea of sending a gift to him, for it was always him that sending me gifts, but I never sent him back.
Preparing a gift is really difficult but exciting. Since it was the first time I sent a gift to him, I had no idea what to buy, neither did I know what he would like. At first, I windowshoped around many gift stores. Facing various kinds of gifts, I became even more confused. At last, I asked one of my male friends for advise. After knowing that my brother was very interested in traveling. He suggested buying him a hobo bag, which was then very popular among those who loved traveling.
The next day, I went to a big bag store in the downtown. There I was fanscinated by those stylish hobo bags. I even came up a selfish idea of buying one for myself. Whereas I gave up the idea soon after I thought of the coming departure. I picked up a black hobo bag which was a famous brand. It costed me a lot, simply the most expensive bag I had ever bought, but I thought it worth the price, because it stands for my love and regret for my dear brother.
On the day of departure, I hurried to the train station after class at around five p.m.. All my family were there seeing him off. Their eyes were red. My brother was the only one that was smiling. I had prepared to say sorry to him, and tell him how much I loved him. Surprisingly, words failed me at the very sight of seeing him. I tried to find a proper word, but only let out a single one:" Goodbye." Then I gave him the famous-brand bag to him without saying anything more. He was very surprised that I would send him such a gift. He laughed and hugged me, "Take care, Rachel. I love you, too." Upon hearing this, I couldn't help crying on his shoulder.
"Why did you add a 'too' ? I didn't say 'I love you'."I whispered to him.
"You did. What you sent me is not just a bag, but your intangible love, which I treasure more than famous-brand bags."
"Home is all these wonderful things
Home is the place you develop wings
Home is the place that you’ll find one day
Home is the place where your heart will stay"
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