in saying good-bye, daniël wrote me a card. in it, he wrote that i remind him of the birds that leave their homes and the place where they've been born in order to travel south. they travel half the world and back again. they follow the promise of warmth and light.
and in the midst of the challenges and anxiousness and strange pull involved in having two different homes on two different continents, being compared to a bird was a comfort. it makes my life and experiences feel a bit less crazy - and a bit less overwhelming and strange. for it is not so bad to be like a bird trying to follow the light. after all, doesn't Matthew 6 talk about how the heavenly Father takes care of the birds?
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