Jan 03 Made For This

Today, as I’m traveling back to my home in South Africa, and my eyes are likely puffy from tears and my heart tender from tough goodbyes- I’m reminding myself that I was made for this.  I don’t know why- I just know that it’s true- that I was made for South Africa. And  in my parent’s house I found an unexpected reminder:

During my senior year of high school (before I met Alece and before I’d ever been overseas) I created an “all about me” board for an art class.  It’s still on display in my parent’s basement, and the lower-center of my creation is a map of South Africa.  Without yet having set foot on her soil- she was already a part of me.

…and so, I’m returning to my home even as I leave my home.  It’s complicated. It’s hard. But it’s also just right.

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