Wednesday

10.03.06...And So The Journey Begins



Here I sit shifting my gaze from the computer screen and the nose of the plane for the first leg of my flights.

Just to let you all know that I'll be in transit for roughly 40 hours. That beats the last trip to India by 4 hours.

Forty hours of time to think about what this all means. I'm fairly certain that I won't have any real epiphanies during this stage as I'll try to sleep my way through a good bit of it.

However, it must be said that I have had some very interesting conversations with family and friends over the last few days. It is tough to stay enthusiastic in the face of so much concern over my well being. The fear kind of creeps in, but I'm confident that it will not take hold.

As you all may recall I am not a religious person, but I am "god fearing". In other words, the greatest injustice I could do with my life is not living it because I was afraid of a mosquito or a sweaty guy with a LARGE RED button on his vest.

It is admittedly morbid to have to assuage the fears of others by assuring them that IF anything were to happen, at least they would know that I passed out of this life happily living it to the fullest.

Notwithstanding this, I am still very much looking forward to this trip. I expect to realize some long -term goals and then return with fresh challenges for my life's contributions to this world...first of which will likely to become a mother.

Anyone who knows me fairly well will note that the challenge of being mother has been one that has long daunted me, but I'm darn near ready to embrace it.

It will most interesting to enter parenthood having literally accomplished every goal I hoped to before becoming a parent. From what I gather that is a great luxury among those who are parents.

But at this time that is neither here nor there.

And so from this time until my wonderful husband joins my December, this is my time to realize those aspirations I've held dear to heart.

Look for the next update in three days or so once I arrive in Ahmedabad (maybe I'll be able to sneak in something from Singapore though.)

Until then...never lose sight of dreams.

Ciao

A Pink American