There is a lot I want to say about this, but I'm kind of having a hard time wrapping my head around it, I think. You might all just be subjected to these random rambles long after I return home... perhaps that's how I'll draw this whole thing out; there are after all still many stories to tell. :)
One thing I do want to say though before I "wrap up" from India is THANK YOU. Thank you for reading this, and for your emails, and comments, and kind words, and support (emotional, financial, and otherwise!). I can't begin to tell you how much it has meant to know that there were so many people thinking of me back home as I wandered around the world. Elizabeth Gilbert of "Eat, Pray, Love" fame has a great thing to say about gratitude, and I'm going to close with her words, which are more eloquent than anything I can put together now.
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe its wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you. Forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Much love and I'll see you very soon,
Josie
3 comments:
Thank YOU, Josie, for sharing the richness of your experiences with us.
Love you and can't wait to see you!
Maridee
Back to ya, Girlie Girl...thank you for inspiring me to get off my butt and experience life in another part of the world.
May the wind always be at your back. And may the sun keep the path dry on your way home.
Cause you know when you get back to Seattle it's gonna rain...
Josie I think a book is in store, your writing is so great & draws such wonderful pictures...so yes, keep telling us stories & how your transition back to U.S. life goes etc etc etc, of course this blog made me cry too :) a beautiful one!!! I can't wait to give you a big hug Josie, love you round the world & back, Mom
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