Today I feel content yet melancholy…
I can wake-up in the morning and not completely dread going to work. What a blessing in such a time of turmoil when people hate their jobs; people losing their jobs; and people who cannot find jobs. Today is my two month mark and I hate to admit the people who told me to learn patience were correct—damn them! It is still a little hard, but the kids and I are reaching an understanding and so are Gwang-Ju/Korea and I.
Sarah, a co-worker, is living my worst fear right now. She lost a cousin that she was close to, who was only 19 years old, this past weekend; the cousin just never woke up Saturday. Sarah is having some trouble because she is here and yet she wants to be with her family and she wants to mourn her cousin, but it is so easy to “pretend” to ignore the pain until she has to face it being so far away. I feel for her family; for all their family and for the pain that is apparent.
I hope that my family and friends who I consider family know how much I love and miss them and pray for them each day and that even at this distance pain and joy is celebrated even if it is slow in response from me-time seems to move at a different pace over here…
We love and miss you too. I'm glad you and Korea have come to an agreement. That's always an important step when dealing with large land masses. You've got to come to some sort of agreement.
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