It’s past 1am in England, so I’m writing a blog postlet just to relieve the guilt I bear from not writing in more than a week. I think my writer’s block comes from the many, many big thoughts that have been cluttering my head recently and with those big thoughts come a lot of emotions that I just haven’t been able to capture properly. But it’s Thanksgiving weekend and I’ve decided to try and put all that on hold until I return to the States.
For now, let me just remark how truly wonderful it is to come back to a city I lived in nine years ago — and still have friends and familiarity to greet me. I’m currently in England, visiting my parents who moved here in September. They live just outside London but I just spent the day traipsing around my favorite city in the world with old friends who represent various periods of my life — childhood in Chicago, high school years in Houston, the post-college years, and the early professional years in Boston. I can’t believe how lucky I am to know such incredible people. To steal a few lines from the musical we saw tonight (cliche though they may be):
People come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow …
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good
Good night for now. I hope you all had inspiring, lovely, and love-filled Thanksgiving weekends!
