Boy its been a while since I last wrote...
As I sit here tonight in front of the pc, its 30th December 2007...hours to go until the end of 2007. I find that at this time of the year, as important as it is to share these days with friends and family, it is just as important to reflect on the passing year. To look back on the hard times, the laughs, special moments and accomplishments.
The last 3 months of this year have been very challenging for me. I have recently moved from
Life is a lot easier here in the UK. Things seem to work. It was easy to apply for my British passport, to get a National Insurance number, to find work, to catch a bus, to find the shops and to go out sight seeing. Boy oh boy, what I thought was going to be the hardest parts have been truly easy.
The hardest parts have been when my body aches for hugs from family, when my ears ring with the longing of hearing friends laugh and to keep my feet moving forward when all they want to do is get lost in the soft white sands of the beautiful Cape Town beaches.
So as my year draws to an end, all I can say is that I am grateful for everything in my life. The good and the bad. I am grateful that I have family and friends to love and miss. I am grateful that I have given myself this opportunity to venture miles across the world to write another chapter of my life and I know, that as sad as what I am feeling right now, that as I sit back one day and reflect on these times it will have all been worthwhile.
Goodbye 2007 and Hello 2008!