Today is the day, my dear friend Kelli is moving to Denmark where we will be just a couple hours apart instead of half a world away from each other. As I sit and imagine the feelings running through her body mind and soul, I have found myself looking back , reading and reflecting on the days leading up to and the day of our big move here. I remember what it was like to say goodbye to the things I actually grew to like in Dallas and the people we came to know. I remember living in the SAS Raddisson for 34 nights in downtown Copenhagen. I remember the excitement of returning to a city and country I not only loved, but was so proud of. I remember the bummed out feelings in knowing immediately I would be missing 2 close friends wedding and my sweet niece's bat mitzvahs, I remember sitting on the airplane watching out the window as Dallas disappeared from my sights with great excitement (because lets face it, in the end, I still despised Dallas more than I liked it) and I remember the sense of adventure of the anticipation in starting another European life. I also sit and wish that I had something to go back to look at from our first move over here in 2002, but I can recall many things about that move, leaving Lubbock and arriving for the first time in Denmark, but I think sooner rather than later, it will time to write those stories out from 2002.
I am including these links so that if Kelli wants to hear my stories of the moments she is currently living she can. For everyone else, you can read if you want, but I don't expect you to, plus many of you have seen these previously....19 months ago. :)
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/11/friendly-faces.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/11/moving-day.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/11/learning-to-leave-dallas.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/11/today-is-day.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/11/we-made-it.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/12/learning-to-love-our-lives-abroad-our.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2006/12/michael-dont-make-me-leave.html
Kelli, Happy Moving Day. I can't wait to have you here!!
3 comments:
Yeah for Kelli! Another Texan crosses the ocean. I am happy for her to finally get to be with her dog, cat, and especially husband. Congrats Kelli! (as you can tell I have followed her blog a little) =)
You all will get to meet more often now.
It was so nice for you to help Kelli w/ her transition. I hope I get to meet both of you and Paula when I visit Mac again... hopefully this time around Christmas.
And thanks for helping me w/ practicing my Danish as I learn it.
I read this blog entry right before heading to DFW and then just read it again, on my first "official" morning waking up in Denmark. You have no idea how much your words helped me... I am doing this one day at a time... but the great news is that I have you right here, in the SAME TIME ZONE AS ME!!
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