"I'm so exciting", as Grace, my now five year old niece, used to say.
28 minutes to destination.
To my new life.
I have that feeling, the Christmas feeling. I don't know what it will be, but it will be good.
A few hours ago my movie ended so I thought I'd take a look out the window. All I had seen so far was cloud cover. But hey, why not try again? I opened the window to a sea of sand. An expanse as far as the eye could see of reddish-yellow earth unlike any I had ever seen anywhere. And would you believe, I started crying? Do you know me? Of course you believe I started crying. Big, happy, "I can't believe I'm really here" tears. "I'm in Africa and I'm doing something really special" tears. Like the kind you cry at weddings for happy couples you just know in your heart are meant to be together always. And I just let them roll down my face.
Fortunately, no one saw.
They might have mistakenly thought I was sad, and homesick. They might even have pitied me.
I'm glad no one noticed.
5 minutes to destination.
Hannah Hoffman, welcome to your new life.
Hannah, that is wonderful! I can just picture you with tears rolling down your face with that look on your face. Thanks for the update. Loving and praying for you!
ReplyDeleteJuliet
I am so looking forward to these. You, love, are quite the writer.
ReplyDeleteMissing you tons already.
xx Juice