Over There
I think about it all of the time.
Right now I am sitting with my laptop, in my nice warm bed, in my great house and all I can think about is China.
If I was in Chengxian right now, we would be in the second week of nonstop rain and the weather would be cold and miserable. The heat wouldn't be turned on for another 5 or 6 weeks and when it finally did come on it would be tepid at best.
I couldn't see my family or friends. I couldn't eat a cheese sandwich. I couldn't drive anywhere. I couldn't even leave the town without enduring a grueling 3 hour bus ride over terrible mountain roads. I couldn't hike up the slippery mountains in the rain even if I wanted to endure the damp trek. I'd be stuck in my home.
But when I think about what I'm missing... the opportunity to help those with less in their lives, the sunny disposition that I meet in people who are living a life much harder than my own, the curiosity and the kindness...
I don't want to be anywhere else.
Right now I am sitting with my laptop, in my nice warm bed, in my great house and all I can think about is China.
If I was in Chengxian right now, we would be in the second week of nonstop rain and the weather would be cold and miserable. The heat wouldn't be turned on for another 5 or 6 weeks and when it finally did come on it would be tepid at best.
I couldn't see my family or friends. I couldn't eat a cheese sandwich. I couldn't drive anywhere. I couldn't even leave the town without enduring a grueling 3 hour bus ride over terrible mountain roads. I couldn't hike up the slippery mountains in the rain even if I wanted to endure the damp trek. I'd be stuck in my home.
But when I think about what I'm missing... the opportunity to help those with less in their lives, the sunny disposition that I meet in people who are living a life much harder than my own, the curiosity and the kindness...
I don't want to be anywhere else.
posted by Thad at 10:44 PM
5 Comments:
I've been missing it too... it'll always be our other home, now.
I'd be surprised if you didn't think about it all the time. You spent two years there. I'm reminded of the Stanford Prison Experiment. In such a short time, the participants became their role. You had two years to become a 'citizen' of China. And beyond the basic sociological explanations, judging from your updates, you made both friends and family. A part of you will always be in China.
Me, too.
How was everything going?I have missed you and Michelle for a long time,my composition teacher Amy said to me she also missed you very much.
I read this and I am sad always because my son is there with china 14. i miss hime every second of every day. i wish there was more to read so i could somehow feel closer to him.
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