Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
The bad in the good and the good in the bad.
I leave tomorrow for Mexico. In about 20 hours, to be exact.
It is where I’ve established my home base for the past three years. I have friends there, a community. I have my routines, my favorite cafes, my yoga classes.
I’m excited to go back to the food, my cute little apartment, my friends. I want to get back to my life there.
But I’ve been away for the past 5 months.
Things there have changed — life has continued in my absence.
No doubt, things will be different.
No doubt, I’m imagining life in Xalapa with rose-tinted glasses.
No doubt, I will feel isolated and lost, frustrated and annoyed, uncertain and confused as I go back home and readjust to life there again.
But still, que emocion!
On the flip side, I’ve been in Singapore for the past 5 months. Plenty of time to soak in the atmosphere here. Plenty of time for so many…
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