Hello readers!
It's May 18th, 2009 and it has been one year since I hugged my family and said goodbye in Fort Wayne International Airport...and then I got frisked by airport security. It was 5:30 am, and I was saying goodbye for 2 years! Is it a surprise I forgot the change in my pockets or that I had my watch on?? The person that left that day and cried all those tears is a distant memory at this point.
Anyway. ONE YEAR! Holy Cow! I should have seen this coming, but I didn't. I even had a moment last week when I was sitting on a bench in the center of town...I let my mind wander off the book I was reading, You Shall Know My Velocity, and I stared down the street. I could feel the imprint of this memory taking hold, and I felt as if it was the last time I'd be there. In retrospect, I've realized it is the last time I'll see that exact scene since things are always changing, but I don't want to attempt a conversation on metaphysics so we'll leave it at that. I'm not prepared to be having those feelings yet, but I let this one creep up on me! I want to be enjoying every second and being fully present during each moment of my Peace Corps adventure. I want to be spending more time in the Word. I want to be available and energetic for everything that is still yet to happen for me here in Romania. I've changed even more than I expected...and I'm sure there are more changes to come. I can't wait to see what those are, and the person I am a year from now...when I'm preparing to come home and have to say goodbye to all this!
So it's been one year. A lot has happened within the span of my last 365 days. Here's to hoping the next 365 are even better than the last!
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I STILL HAVE THE TEXT MESSAGE FROM YOU ONE YEAR AGO. LEAVING FOR EUROPE, SEE YOU IN TWO YEARS! WOW, TIME SURE HAS GONE FAST. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE WHEN YOUR PARENTS COME BACK FROM THEIR TRIP. I AM GOING TO SEND YOU A SURPRISE. MISS YOU LOTS AND LOVE YOU MORE, YOUR FAVORITE AUNT SA
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