Bit by bit

Well, I did it. Another leap of faith for another year. Went and booked me a one-way flight to Greece. Yah-hunh, I did. My lil' studio is being subletted to a dear friend through mid-October, starting mid-July. Return flights'll be a heck of a lot cheaper off-season, and I will have had a couple of months rent from my apartment in Athens accumulated to cushion the fall. Which does not loom as deep and low as it could, since my trepidation and fears are less than they were just over a year ago, when I made that other booking for that other place so dear to my heart.

As the weight of uncertainty lifts and the unknown says hello, I look ahead as the sun pours through the window and alone, I smile. I will see my family this year, hug my dad, play with my cousins, swim in the sea, help those who ask to be helped, chat with my friends, watch the sunsets, laugh and cry and connect like I need to. Wow.

Practicalities: Alison's course is through mid-July. I want to spend my weekdays at the ashram an hour upstate, that's afforded sanctuary and company so often since March, coming to the city for weekend work at the restaurant. I can stay with friends in Queens. Hopefully make and save a little money. Absorb all I've learned and am learning. Gather up all the strength and love I've been amassing into an armfull I will present to all I love upon arrival on those other shores.