Just one day after our amazing trip to Australia our sea freight arrived. It was just as everyone said it would be: CHRISTMAS! We were frantically tearing at the boxes to see what treasures awaited us after almost six months. There were a few items that were long lost treasures of desire and need; the rest was just the same ol’ stuff. It’s amazing how much you learn to live without and sad how much one family can own and take advantage of when there are children, not so far away, starving to death.
It was fun to start really making this home our home- our many
pictures now hang on the, once bare, walls, the kids have their toys and me, my
kitchen stuff. However, we did receive all of our dog’s stuffed animals. It was
such a terrible feeling. Hannah and Mason were very upset. We all miss her so
very much. The thing that hit me the hardest was the unexpected sadness of
putting the kids’ books on our new bookshelf. The memories of them sitting on
their beds, at our only home in Colorado, and us reading the same books to them
there and placing those books of the bookshelf in Hannah’s old room. It was
sad. A time in our lives that once was and will never be the same again. So
tightly I hold onto those memories and embrace the new ones here.
We are still unpacking and it will take time but life here
goes on and a swift pace. I was asked to participate in the International Day
celebration and there I found myself amongst many, many Indonesian women and
very few expatriates. They are all so very sweet but it’s hard being the
minority. They speak Bahasa Indonesia very quickly and it’s overwhelming at
times (sympathy for Mike comes to play). Despite cultural differences, we, yet
again, came together, bonded and had a great time! The show was amazing!
Another blessing!
As always, to be continued……
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