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I have been realizing lately how far in my life I have come, how many places I have been, and how that has effected my life.
I realized that about a year ago, I was preparing for England... Matt and I were solidifying our plane tickets, figuring out what to pack, worrying about money, and trying to keep each other sane through the whole process... and then there we were, in another country... not just for a week or a month, but to live and learn... It was such a strange place for us. The weather was not much different, and we quickly adapted to the accents, and after I moved houses, we adapted to living in the same house (dorm). We made friends and found ourselves at home in a completely alien world.
We traveled Europe, visited so many different cities and places, saw so many things we may never have the chance to see again. We were in Rome when the Pope died, then trapped in Venice.. We tried to go back to Barcelona, only to have to return to London. We wandered the streets of London, and especially enjoyed one lovely, calm, slow day just wandering the streets without any agenda or specific destinations to worry about. Then we had the packing, and the essays, and then we left...
January 16th is the anniversary of us leaving, and sometimes I feel like we never left America, like we never took that crazy journey, like those five months were just a dream. When we came home, nothing had really changed, and we easily slipped back into our old lives... but I know we were changed by the journey... you can't go on a journey like that and not change. We learned to trust each other more, more of our pet peeves about each other, and that we could make it through some of the worst situations.
I'm taking a trip now... not going anywhere really, but I'm now 6 months from graduation... I will graduate the day before my birthday, the day before we got home from England last year... I graduate the day before another crazy day in my memory, a day that signaled the end of a journey... two journeys are ending... and more are beginning.
My future isn't totally clear, but I am trusting in the Lord that I have a future to look forward to. I have so much more to look foward to! Marriage is in my future. Children, I hope. A career of some sort... and sometimes it really scares me that I don't have a clearer vision of the future, but I am chasing dreams for the moment, because if I never go after them, if I don't try, I'll always wonder...
I know this is a strange little rant, but it was on my mind. Hope you don't mind me expressing it here.
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AUTHOR OF THIS MESSAGE
Muffy
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
03 december 2005, 04:25:37
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