When we landed Scott and I would return to San Diego, Maddie to New York
and Danielle and my parents to Orange County. I knew that when I got out of my
bed today I would want to sail to a new harbor, not fly back to familiar land.
I didn’t feel ready to go back.
Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of things I loved about home. I missed our bed. I
missed our kitchen and its helpful appliances. I missed our friends and our
neighborhood. I missed burritos. And pathetically enough, I missed the Internet
and its marvelous amount of useful and useless information. These things were a comfortable part of my
life at home, but I craved more of what I had found here-the uncomfortable
moments that came from true adventure.
At
the start of this trip I had reflected that the landscape surrounding us seemed
familiar, but the more we traveled around and learned about the winds, the
seas, the island culture and each other, the more I realized that we were miles
away from places that we’ve been before. The feeling was addicting.
I sat up and reached for my journal. With a dull pencil I wrote:
I knew a part of my heart would always be in the waters of
the Caribbean Sea.
I will come back someday to find it again.
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5 comments:
There is something so freeing about being in a new place....a remote place....a place disconnected from daily life. It's as though, in that freedom, you can completely reinvent yourself, your relationships, your habits.
It's always sad to face the eventuality of returning home...back to the familiar {even when the familiar is something we love.}
So hard to leave a place that you fall in love with isn't it. Just watch though you will see all the familiar faces at home and before you know it be happy to be home.
uhh and i'll go with you :)
Thanks for your sweet comments you guys!
@emily You are so right about the freedom allowing you to reinvent yourself.
@ross it was hard to leave, but you're right, it's good to be back!
@nicole yes!
Love your words. You are a beautiful writer.
I am from Trinidad and I love it here. It's my slice of heaven. :)
Tami
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