Homeward bound

I leave Buenos Aires tonight, and (if I get lucky and dodge seasonal northern-hemisphere weather) I'll be home on Sunday afternoon.  It's a bittersweet thing.

First, I'm really, really happy to be going home, I'm really looking forward to being with my family, and many of my friends, being in a place I don't have to figure out and get used to, not living out of a suitcase, settling in, curling up in front of the fire and watching the snow, and all sorts of things that home means, that one thinks of especially fondly when so far from home for so long.

It's sad to have this trip come to an end, though.  This has been absolutely one of the most incredible string of experiences of my life.  And, I've experienced it all with a great group of people, a group I've bonded with more than ever over the last weeks, as we've spent time, for ourselves and for the end of our classes, thinking over where we've been, the things we've seen and done, and what they mean to us, our lives, our beliefs, and our place in the world.  These are very broad categories.  I hope to keep this blog going for at least a little while once I'm home and have a little more processing time to keeping writing about these very powerful experiences and what they've taught me.

For now, I just want to say that I can't wait to be home but I will miss this program and everyone on it tremendously