Hiraeth? What the hell is a Hiraeth? I can’t be the only one who said this outloud when they saw the word. What do you do when you don’t know a word? Google it! Of course not without trying to guess first. I thought it was some Greek tradition that was done in some religion. How embarrassingly wrong I was! A Hiraeth is basically a connection you feel for your home, or hometown that never was. Kind of like a longing or yearning for that overwhelming happiness you feel about a certain place or thing that never existed, but wishing it did.
The first thing I thought of that could possibly be a Hiraeth, that people can easily relate to, is the classic place from Peter Pan’s world, Neverland. How often do we wish we could go to Neverland with Peter Pan, The Lost Boys, Tink, and Jane? Forget about growing up. “Let's go to Neverland and Never come back until forever ends.” A yearning to experience a land that doesn’t even exist. “The second star to the right”, gives people an idea when they look up to the sky and try to picture, Neverland, when they look up to the sky and see, “The second star to the right.”
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