Yann returns to France next week, we will join him soon after. Summer vacation with my family, is coming to an end! I know we are fortunate, maybe even spoiled, to spend two and a half months in California, it is a gift I do not take lightly. Our suitcases are too small for all the memories we want to take back, our hearts are heavier too. The wall of depression seems to lurk at us, as Sacha proclaims,
"This is the best summer vacation ever!"
The gateway to another culture, another language beckons us…come home!
This will be one of the hardest departures, I cannot imagine saying goodbye, let alone boarding the plane! Living in France is good, but it doesn’t make saying goodbye to my family any easier.
I wish the distance between us was only a walk around the block, and not a flight across the ocean. The joy we have had in seeing those we love each day, to be able to be part of their lives and celebrate the daily bread of experiences together. Their love is my lifeline!
"I’m lucky, I’m lucky I can walk under ladders!"
photo: A gate in the French village where we live, that leads down to the river closeby our home.
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