"In transit. If two sweeter words exist in the English language, I have yet to hear them. Suspended between coming and going, neither here nor there, my mind slows, and [...] I achieve something approaching calm."
-eric weiner

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Welcome Back

After a two month stint out of the country, it's always nice to be welcomed back--especially when you're coming from a place where you have never felt more welcome.  A place that's hard to leave.  A place that you can only ask yourself, "How do I walk away from this now?"  A place that with every last step I pause, just so that I can feel this ground underneath my feet for a little longer.

There's only one person who can truly welcome you home for the first time with complete sincerity.  And you only have to answer a few questions first:
Are you traveling alone?
Where are you coming from?
Why were you there?
What's your occupation?

And with a definitive stamp on my passport, the immigration officer says, "Welcome back."

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