LAST THOUGHTS

BEFORE DEPARTURE

I just wanted to do one last quick post before I leave the country, mostly to just record my thoughts and feelings of leaving and embarking on a new adventure. I'm actually writing this post from a few different places: my hotel room in Boise the night before my first flight, the Boise airport, and the San Francisco airport right before my flight is about to leave for Korea.

Written in my hotel room:

As it goes in life, we must leave the past and journey on into the future. The only thing we can keep from the past are our memories; everything else slips away. Too little do we remember to cherish the simple moments in life. Being home for the past few months, I've known my time with my family would be limited, and I tried to make the best of what time I did have with them, especially my younger siblings. However, there were times I lost sight of that. We could have done more activities, had more late night therapy sessions (as I like to call the times we stay up talking until the wee hours of the morning), played more games, or baked more cookies together. But what use is there in dwelling on the could have beens? We can only learn from the past and do better in the future.

The future, though it may hold many challenges—some of which we are not prepared to 
face—is bright and beautiful. Those challenges may sometimes bring us to our knees, but we will be even stronger when we rise up again. There is always something better coming. I truly believe that.

My last night at home, Mom let the kids stay up a little past their bedtime so we could spend a little more time together before I left. We spent the time playing Apples to Apples—which is always a blast in our family. From the pictures I think you can tell who won (me, of course!).
 

 

Written from the Boise airport:

I just want to sleep!!! I was wide awake until I got to my gate. I only have 15 minutes to wait until I board the plane, but staying up all night has taken its toll.

Written from the San Francisco airport:

I'm still soooo tired! I slept pretty much the whole plane ride, but it wasn't a very restful hour and 25 minutes. The plane was really small (to be expected of such a short flight) and I don't sleep well on planes to begin with. I'm crossing my fingers that a larger plane will be more comfortable (it better be seeing as the flight to Incheon is 13 hours!). Haha, it will be, if only slightly. My dozen or so flights to/from Hawaii have taught me at least that much. But if I want to stay on schedule I won't be sleeping for too much of the flight. Good thing my awesome sister bought me an awesome going away present: the third installment in the Benny Imura Series, Flesh and Bone!!! You may or may not recall a brief mention of my love for good zombie books—Rot and Ruin ( the first book in the Benny Imura series) being amongst those mentioned. I have little doubt I will have completely finished my new book before my flight is over...

But for now, I will say goodnight (even though it's technically morning).

 

 

Be open to your dreams, people.

Embrace a distant shore.

Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.