So I finally got up the nerve to tell my six-year old niece Carolyn that I am moving. I totally had a knot in my stomach right before I spoke. I swear it was like I was about to break up with her or something.
Here is a portion of our conversation from last week...
Curt: “So, did you know that I am moving in about three weeks right after Christmas?”
Carolyn: “You are? Where are you going?”
Curt: “Well, do you remember Bolivia, that place that I went on the mission trip this past summer?”
Carolyn: “Yes”
Curt: “Well, I am moving there.”
Carolyn: “Forever?”
Curt: “I don’t know. I don’t think so.”
Carolyn: “But you are gonna miss my birthday party. And it is gonna be a Scooby Doo party.”
Curt: “I know. I am very sad about missing your birthday but we can talk on the phone and through the webcam on the computer.”
Man, this is getting tough. I am just starting to see how easy it is to only truly value and appreciate relationships when you know that you are leaving and that everything is about to change. I am getting a big dose of that right now. I am like, “Why didn’t I make more of an effort to spend more time with people when I lived here and it was easier?”
And I have also instituted a no country music rule until I leave. I just can’t take it anymore. It makes me too emotional.
18 days left...
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No country music? Not even "Red Neck Girl" by the Bellamy Brothers?!
Oh no you didn't just bring up "Red Neck Girl" by the Bellamy Brothers! Wow. I almost fell out of my chair when I read that...
HA! I wondered if you would remember! I know you'll miss Peggy Chandler too.
Wow. You are bringing out the big guns...Peggy Chandler...how could I forget?
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