A year ago today…
Black
A year ago today, I was flying off to Armenia. I had no idea what to expect. I arrived 2 calendar days after I left my home-base of Detroit, Michigan. My wide-eyed and eager-to-learn self, mentally ready for 7 months in a new country with a new language with new ways of being, but physically tired, was carrying 2 suitcases, with airplane grogginess coating my face and body. It was almost 5 in the morning when I was picked up and taken to my new host family’s house. They were awake and waiting for me. They cut me a few slices of apples, spoke to me in a language that I understood as much as I understood the teacher on Charlie Brown – “waaah wa wah wah waaahhhhh”.
White
Today, one year later, I’m back in the house I grew up in, with storage boxes still in the garage from when I resigned from my job, packed and moved out of the city I’d lived in for 9 years to turn my life in a new direction. The walls of my room are repainted, closet re-organized. I’ve set-up my home office where I work hours and hours on building my business, designing new websites and reading and learning from others who have done similar things. I look out the window. At the same backyard. In the same house. That I lived in for 17 years. Yet, now 10 years later, it feels like a new place.
My internal soul that is ticking is different. Somehow. There’s a sense of peace inside that funny enough, feels natural, yet I have never felt before.
The Grey
April 15 2009 and April 15 2010, were as different as black and white. Neither was good nor bad. But very different. And throughout the journey between April 15, 2009 and April 15, 2010, a lot happened. More than I ever could have imagined. I could write for hours on it, but I’ll spare you. It was a challenging and rewarding ride. I look forward to what lies ahead!
