(I wrote this awhile ago but forgot to post it)
Just got back yesterday from 2 weeks in the states. It was a whirlwind of a trip-completely exhausting and wonderful all at the same time. I spent the first half of the trip in Seattle and then the second half down in California around the APU campus.
It was so great to spend time with family and friends. It was so nice to talk face to face rather than email and skype. People kept asking me if it was “weird” to be back. I think the weird part about being back…was how not weird it was…does that even make sense? I think I was expecting for it to feel strange to be back, but it wasn’t. Relationships fell right back in line-no awkwardness or sense of distance. (Granted there were some things that were weird-like stores…oh man, l avoided those like the black plague-so overwhelming).
I think to an extent, it was comforting that home didn’t feel “weird” because it normalized life over here for me. I have always told people that I am just living life…it happens to be in Vietnam right now…but at the end of the day, I am just living life…and that’s the way it truly felt when I was back.
I think there was a certain amount of anticipation beforehand…wondering how I would react to being “back”…wondering if it would mess with my head…make me question being over in Vietnam. But you know, it did nothing of the sort. It was so good to visit but also so good to get back. I woke up the first morning back in Vietnam feeling so glad to be “home”.
Grace and peace and the third way,
Kait
2 comments:
Oh and Kait darling, it was SOO good to have you hear, for even just a brief moment, to hold you in my arms again and remember what it was like to have you close whenever I needed you.
I am so proud of you and the work you are doing. Proud that you are choosing to just live life, fully embracing every moment. Living life that is true to who you are and who God created you to be.
I love you so dearly and I look forward to the day in anticipation when I get to embrace you next... whether that is you back here in the states or me in Vietnam... hey, it could happen ;)
I love you Kait. So so much.
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