This blog is the product of a few things. The first was my father's suggestion that I record all my experiences associated with this new chapter of my life. It's one of those parents know best moments where they tell you to do something and your first reaction is thinking that this is making up for a missed opportunity in their life but then you realize that, true or not, they are still right and it's in older you's best interest. It also satisfied my own desire to keep my home hemisphere somewhat involved in my life. So here we are. I'm not a particularly witty or eloquent person so I'm going to try to limit myself to writing the highlights so as to make this worthwhile to you, the reader. Anyway, here we go....
The Peace Corps is surely going to be a great experience, and as I've said before, the best way I can describe these next 2 1/2 years is terrifyingly exciting, but the coming sacrifice weighs on me. I thought when I started this process that my effort in my job and community would be the biggest gift I'm giving, but the longer I go into this process, the more I think it will simply be the time. I skipped a class today to get my dental exam done. Now that's a very small issue, especially given the intensity of said class, but it reminds me of what will come soon. I'm skipping birthdays, weddings, Christmases, graduations, and I pray not, but maybe funerals. While I'm gone, the world here keeps turning and that, for me, is scary. I don't get to watch things grow and change but rather simply get stuck back into the world, two years post-me. Two years can seem like forever or nothing at all but it's this context that reminds me, in shocking form, that an enormous amount can change in that time. But, that's something I said I would be willing to give up for this experience, and I'm still 100% in agreement with that. It's going to be hard at times, but it will be worth it. No doubt.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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