well, finally brushing off the dust of normal kolkata life as i settle back in. no more holidays to contend with, final goodbyes are concluded as i sent my dear little brother through imigration at 4am, and i find myself sort of looking around asking, well now what. certainly it will be a busy year, full and uncertain and beautifully messy. as most moments tend to look here.
its been a sweet time with the younger chachi. thank you all for your prayers and support as he made the long trip over.
tomorrow is my one year aniversary of being back in india, on staff with WMF. hard to believe a whole year has come and gone; the moments i stepped away from my family in chicago to board that good ol, duck taped Air India flight to k town seems both vivid and so distant in my mind. i'm thankful for a year of learning, traipsing through mistakes and victories to discover more of who i am and more of God's love for people. i'm hoping this pattern continues as i face head on, or at least put one step in front of the other towards a year before me.
hand to the plow an old friend used to remind me.
so, here i am, in the steps of many before me, tilling up soot as i keep my hands where they are.
peace.