Mississippi Arts Hour | ELSIE

So at that point you said y'all were in Michigan, right? Well, yeah.

baseball is funny they're just like they come in and they say hey you're going you're going up or you're going down and he kept going up so we kept having to move so by this time we're in new hampshire okay manchester new hampshire and double a yeah

wow and so at that point you're still longing for home and

of course and what

point do y'all kind of are y'all rooted back here now at what point are you back in hattiesburg

We're rooted here now, but we've been all over.

New Hampshire, Toronto, Mexico, South Korea, Florida.

Just like different.

Yeah, Australia.

So it's been quite the journey.

As you've kind of gone away, you've talked about how it's longed for home.

What are some of the things that really you long for the most when you're away? Food.

The food.

My family.

Mainly the food.

I do love my family, but...

People don't understand.

They love to talk about how horrible Mississippi is, but they've never experienced the beauty and the magic that lives here.

And every time I'll never forget coming home from Buffalo, New York, and we had just kind of had a rough start of the season and it was cold in May and they didn't have any leaves on the trees or whatever.

I get home and my mom picks me up from the airport and I hug her and I just instantly like break down because it's just, it's just something about here.

I would come home to get like a boost.

Like I would, I would leave feeling renewed.

And so that's why Mississippi is just, it's just so special to me.

It's so hard for me to explain that to people, but I've made it my goal to

Yeah.