After watching ‘Wild’ last night, a movie
that shows Reece Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed, walking 1600miles solo along the
Pacific Crest Trail, and a really great run this morning, I am reminded of an
article I read on an in-flight magazine a little over three weeks ago.
I was flying from Ireland to South Korea,
after an amazing nine weeks at home with family and friends, during which time
I got married. It was a very teary
goodbye on my behalf. I can be a bit of
an emotional eejit at times and this was the longest time I’d spent with my family
since I graduated college almost 6 years ago.
When I said goodbye I was facing into the longest stint away yet without
a visit home - it will be close to 21 months before I’m home again. But
with each passing day, home is one day closer and I’ve a whole lot of
adventuring to do in the mean time. The
goodbyes were hard, they always are, but with them said and behind me, I am
firmly looking to the future.