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I left for a while

It has been quite a few months. I found it hard to come in here without feeling sad. I busied myself with practical things- teaching, housework, spending time with Mom and the boy... and it actually helped.

After twenty two years of working ten-hour days and weekends filled with marking, I am so so so relieved and glad to be rid of that kind of life. It was not really a life. It was a miserable fraction of a life that I lived with work dictating everything.

Finally when I quit my job in 2019 and when I thought I could have more time to spend with family and friends, it had to happen that an online friend would take his own life.

Just as I thought I could leave to start a new life in Spain, the pandemic would wreak havoc and international borders would close.

But I will still give thanks today. The best is yet to be.

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Cierzo · M

The best is yet to be.
The hardest part is not knowing when that 'yet' will happen. It is better not to think of it. It only can bring disappointment if it is later than we think.
The only thing we can do now is to keep healthy and mentally strong until that moment comes. At least I know covid is quite under control there and you are safe. I wish you could feel the same. I hate making you worry.

novembermoon · 51-55

We have to keep well and just wait. Maybe two years, maybe five or even ten. I hope to see Spain again one day. And we’d be together.@Cierzo

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon I don't want to think of numbers. Some day it will happen. Our hair will be whiter, but it will be us.