Prompt #39 - Where you've been
Prompt #39
"You don't mind where you are because you know where you've been..." - Carbon Leaf

Where I've been? I've lived in Chicago my whole life. It's not like I'm anywhere different. Is this like a metaphor? Yeah, like one of those Inuit Stories Benny tells about otters meeting wolves in the forest. Okay so where have I been? I suppose I've been...I don't know. I've been some places I don't want to think about.

Everybody has things they don't want to think about, places they don;t want to remember. I mean you want to move on, you don't want to have to think about it. I know I don't but I guess...Fraser says it's good to talk about stuff like this and I have, to him. So what places have I been that I don't want to think about? You want a list?

I still remember being under the bed where Pop wouldn't find me, or on the bed, feeling eighty years old. I don't want to remember those places. I didn't want to be there, but I do. So I don't mind being where I am because I'm finally happy, you know? For the first time in my life I can say I'm happy. I like my job, I have a great family, I've got Benny, friends. Yeah this is a better place to be. Maybe having been there I can appreciate where I am, you know?

I can look back on where I was, metaphorically, and make sure I don't take where I am for granted. Yeah, that works.