Smiles and Tears: My Last Two Weeks, Plus A New Video
I'm home from my trip, and it was legendary! I wish I could get more into it now, but it will need to wait a few weeks.
I'm fluctuating between being really excited to spend time in America with my friends and family and Target and lots of tacos, and emotional upheaval at leaving this place that has become my home, and the people who have become some of my closest friends and loved ones. Why do we do this to ourselves? I'm sort of on the verge of tears all the time. I don't want to leave. I don't know how to be an American right now. I'm afraid of not fitting in there anymore. I know it'll come back to me, but I'm as nervous about going back to America as I was to come to China. Human beings are funny.
So I hope you will bear with me the next few weeks. I have so many more things to say about China, I hope you'll keep reading for a while!
Today I made this video. Some of these pictures you have seen, some will be new. It's a nice time capsule of the people I've grown to love here in China. I hope you enjoy it. If the embed isn't working, you can click here to see it.
I'm fluctuating between being really excited to spend time in America with my friends and family and Target and lots of tacos, and emotional upheaval at leaving this place that has become my home, and the people who have become some of my closest friends and loved ones. Why do we do this to ourselves? I'm sort of on the verge of tears all the time. I don't want to leave. I don't know how to be an American right now. I'm afraid of not fitting in there anymore. I know it'll come back to me, but I'm as nervous about going back to America as I was to come to China. Human beings are funny.
So I hope you will bear with me the next few weeks. I have so many more things to say about China, I hope you'll keep reading for a while!
Today I made this video. Some of these pictures you have seen, some will be new. It's a nice time capsule of the people I've grown to love here in China. I hope you enjoy it. If the embed isn't working, you can click here to see it.
Comments
Like you, I bond with people and places right away and you're making a huge jump back to the states. Don't worry, we'll embrace you...and you'll come back a more wordly and experience you (with awesome stories to tell!).
Have a great trip home!! :)
Everything will be fine.
Just remember to breathe... and remember you can come back if that's where your heart needs to be :)