nostalgia

nostalgia - noun - a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time of one's life, to one's homeland, or to a one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

Two thoughts come to mind on this word from the Lost Beauties list: 1) it was a mistake to leave Hz. I've been more and more miserable over here. The money is good (better than Hz was, but the work environment stinks). This company seems to bend over backwards looking for ways to make their employees mad. I could go on and on, but I'll think I'll just leave well enough alone. 2) Where are all the word contributors? It was, perhaps easier to manage things when we were all together, but I miss those days of pestering each other about the days word.