Stories Collected While Living in France
Our bags are stuffed.
Today we leave California for France.
Home to home.
Tears in our eyes.
Hearts carrying more than our 50 pound limit.
Bittersweet goodbyes, cracking the surfaces and flooding the damns.
Baseball, and baguettes we hold smiling, aren’t we lucky?
Looking back, going forward…knowing we are loved.
Photo: Vintage suitcases that my cousin Judy has stacked in her studio, she uses them to keep her holiday supplies!
Wishing you a safe trip home and happy landings. See you NEXT summer!
Annie, waving merrily from California
corey, wishing you a sweet journey and an angel forever and always at your side…
the farewells are never easy, that i know too. but it’s not only a suitcase of souveniers and clothes and favourite missed things that accompanies you back on this journey, rather a suitcase we call our heart. and that filled with memories and smiles and maybe even the tears. and of endless conversations.
and as we always talk about life being a journey… that’s exactly what this was. a journey from home to home and back home again.
thinking of you.
oxo
me.
How great that there is no limit to what our hearts and minds can carry?
Safe travels my precious one.
How lucky you are to travel to everyone you love every summer.
Blessings to you all.
Love Jeanne
Have a safe trip to your other home.
So lucky to have two 🙂
Have a safe journey Corey. Those suitcases look wonderful-vintage? Hope you have had great memories and I’m sure there is a lot to look forward to in France too, you are indeed blessed to be surrounded by those you love and who love you. Take care!
Have a safe trip home to France my dear! Isn’t it great to have two wonderful homes on this planet?
Safe journey to you, dear Corey…
Safe travels Corey. May your heart hold those cherished memories, until you gather once again with your loved ones. Home to Home, how perfect!!
Bon voyage, hope to see you soon 🙂
Ahh the bittersweet goodbyes – the hole in your heart that will soon be filled by returning to your home and your ‘other’ life. Think of the memories you’ve made these past months. Travel safely.
ok.. you astound me… the day you are leaving, you have time to blog something awesomely deep, with perfect photo to boot! Any day I’m travelling I’m in a last minute stressed out rush!
Bon voyage… France will not have been the same without you.
Yes, you are loved. God speed in your travels, and may He lighten the burden on your hearts.
Have a safe trip hon,
Hugs,
a.
safest of travels to you and your kids corey;o) thinking of you! xo
safe trip… knowing that you are a treasure in california….france… and blogosphere !
Hugs,
Travel well.
God Speed Corey. Isnt it great that you dont have to pay excess baggage on your memories. There isnt a suitcase big enough to hold the love of your family.
Wishing you a safe journey…
have a safe trip home. thank you for taking us with you on your summer vacation.
Corey,
Wishing you a safe journey back to France.
Lorene
i SO know your feelings. i lived in France for only two years and the entire plane ride back to Pennsylvania, i cried. It was time for me to come ‘home’ but i felt as if my heart was being left in France.
i hope your re-adjustment back to the States is smooth and that you build just as happy memories here.
(and visit France often!!!)
Hugs
Remember whichever way you are traveling over the vast ocean there are open arms on bothsides to met you and hold you. Have a safe journey and god bless you.
Jeanette
Safe journey, mon ami. Bonne courage!
Safe travels, Corey. I know it’s hard to leave loved ones but that you are equally looking forward to a reunion in France as well.
Have a good flight home. I can well imagine how hard it is to leave and how long it feels until next summer.
Safe trip…
imagine how nice it will be to be in your own home!
bon voyage and safe journeys my dear! can only imagine the sorrow and joy in your heart right now.
i’ve been thinking of you all morning… knowing you’re going makes me feel like some magic is leaving california today. it was so wonderful to have the privelege to meet and embrace such a remarkable spirit. my mind drifts easily to memories of the smile on your face and the joy in your words. you are too marvelous for words. farewell in your travels. xo- snowsparkle
Safe journey Corey Darlin’
Thinking of you and yours
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ok, i’m a dork. i somehow thought you were leaving France to move back to California. duh. sorry.
and YAY for going back to France…fantastic!
I love the way you use your words. Hearts carrying more than our 50 lb. limit…
So beautifully put Corey – I also loved that phrase ‘Hearts carrying more than our 50 pound limit’ – it sang to me.
hope you had a safe journey! it looks like you & the family had a le temps fantastique!
i have vintage suitcases too!
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