Dear Peter and friends,
I cannot improve upon the sentiments and wisdom already expressed, but I wanted to lend my voice to the public chorus.
With due apologies for the plagarism I am about to commit, it strikes me that there are many ways to be "Home". A house is not a Home - A House is a machine for living in. Home is where the Heart is, so you may continue to have California as your Home for quite some time - His native home deep imag'd in his soul. Home is Where You Hang Your Hat, so you will undoubtedly learn to love and appreciate your new surroundings - Unless you move, the place where you are is the place where you will always be. I have often mused that this forum is my choice of Internet home, and it is clear that your character and humor have earned you a supportive, adoptive family here. These friends will sustain you during your short quest for new and invigorating relationships in Virginia.
Lastly, the one (of many purloined things) I will attribute is that of Scottish Poet James Thomson:
Home is the resort
Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty; where
Supporting and supported, polished friends
And dear relations mingle into bliss.
Peter, congratulations and warmest wishes as you and your family embark on your new life.
