Dear Reader,
I told myself that I would begin my blog once new years had passed. Well, now it has.
First I'll catch you up on some things that you've missed since I last wrote you:
1. I went and saw starwars.
2. Shortly after seeing starwars, while waiting to be seated at a restaurant, I completely fainted and woke up in the chair that my family had dragged my lifeless body to.
3. I read a lot of books.
Okay, that's about it.
I know, I know. You were probably hoping for something slightly more exciting, but as it turns out being back in the states limits my ability to go gallivanting off to remote mountain villages, or contribute to disaster tourism by visiting children in slums.
I'll openly admit it, I am really sad.
People ask me what it is like to be home and I just sort of shrug, because I know what they want to hear. That Haiti was life changing and intense, but I am so relieved to be back in my home and to appreciate all of the privileges I have.
I do appreciate them. But let me be honest with you, I was just as happy (if not more) with having less. Running water isn't as great as everyone makes it out to be, and I didn't really miss TV.
Of course I am happy to be with my family, but I feel all achy and empty at the same time for Haiti.
I don't know what it is. Maybe the simplicity, or the warmth, or not being able to understand most of what was being said.
Maybe it was that when I was stripped of all of the comforts of home, I felt as though I was a more authentic version of myself.
I'm trying to hang onto that version.
Alright, it's a short blog, but it's something. Tomorrow I was thinking of posting a short story. I've got one in mind. Happy new year. Happy 2016.
--S
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