It has now been a week since I got back from the USA. It was hard to adjust back to life here. I think that it is always hard to leave home. There is a set of problems you can escape when you leave everything and everyone you know to start a new (temporary) life. When I came to Paris, I became detached from relational issues by mere distance. But, I have decided that however painful relationship problems can be, they are worth it because relationships add so much to life. We are relational people.
I got an ipod for Christmas, and it has already changed my life here in Paris. It is great to walk down the street listening to my brother sing Christmas songs (even if Christmas has passed). There is also something really beautiful about listening to pensive music while riding the metro underground and watching the lights fleet from one station to another, or walking through Paris in the rain with a soundtrack. I love it.
I got to meet my mom’s cousin while here for the first time in my life. It is so fun to meet people you are related to in a foreign country. Thanks for lunch and the wonderful chat, Linda and John!
Friday, January 13, 2006
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