It's an odd feeling being home. I haven't been home in what seems to be forever. To be honest, it's only been about 3 months, but it seems an eternity. Since being home, I've been to three different countries and grown more than I ever have in my life. It just feels different.
At the same time, though, I feel like I've never left. The feeling that everything that I've experianced in these past five and a half months hasn't even happened. It's as if I experienced a wonderful dream. At this point, as I'm worried about where to work and who I'm going to see and when, things have begun to shrink into the back of my mind. In these past few hours, I've felt like I've needed to try to remember every little thing that happened.
Here I am, eating a bowl of ice cream and blogging at home, yet I still have the feeling of homesickness. I miss the people that have been my family for the past five and a half months. I miss the places that I have called home since being away from my small town. It's strange. I'm at home with homesickness.
I never thought it would happen like this. I thought that I'd finish my DTS and go on my merry way. I never thought that I would change the way I did or establish the relationships that I have. I am so glad, though, that my expectations were exceeded. Things beyond my imagination happened. I've changed and there's no way in Heaven, Hell, or anywhere in between that I am going back the girl I was.
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I'm actually quite familiar with the feeling. I was the only one left at the base when I left around noon yesterday for Portland with my parents. Continue to invest in us students and don't forget to remember to pour into the other people in your 'new' life. You'll be back at the end of summer, it'll be here before you know it. Keep on keepin' on and love the crap out of your family at home. Do what you do!
-nate-
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