I think sometimes the chapters of our lives must be forced closed. I've been longing for some kind of closure, some way to neatly package my time in Japan. I wanted a symmetrical way to store it in my memory.
I've recently realized this kind of packaging of memories comes much later, through the revisiting of events that make up a span of time.
My parents have been unbelievably supportive of me. Not so unbelievably, actually, they've always been that way. I know I'd have lost it, gone nuts, foaming at the mouth and what not, had it not been for them.
My hammock fell from the top of my closet and onto my head the other day. I set it up in the backyard, next to a fence and between two trees gently stretched by the hurricane. I missed my friends in Japan, but realized things are ok here.
To anyone who read this blog, viewed the pictures and commented, thank you. Wish me PMA.
Midnight in Suburbia.
1 comment:
I sometimes think society wants us to package everything up neatly -- go to school, finish college, get a job, get married, settle down. There's a road map, a path to follow, but life is the exact opposite. There are trails and cliffs and valleys and mountains and all kinds of things if you get off that trail. Then again, there are swamps and deserts as well. Sometimes, though, we get lost in those side trips and don't return to what we want to do. I think J.K. Rowling illustrated it best with the mirror of memories in the Harry Potter books (am not sure that's what it was called). Whenever we add a new experience to our lives and return to our home base, we've changed while others have stayed the same. That's not to imply that they aren't changing in their own way, but you took a giant step out of your comfort zone. I'm glad to see you are melding your experiences in Japan with your American life and it seems you are coming to a point to where they can coexist. You are blessed, dear nephew, to have two wonderful parents, a fabulous sister who empathizes and understands you and a brother who reminds you to constantly be on the look out for something avant garde. Mostly, you have someone in your life who loves you for you. That is indeed hard to find. It seems that she intuitively understands that you need time to sort and assimilate. That only comes from a person able to give unconditional love. Continue to follow your dreams but please don't miss the blossoms that surround you each moment along the journey. Call any time. Keep growing. See you in a week. -- Love, Aunt Denise
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