Well. It’s time to come home. To my friends, family, and mountains.

You know. It’s an odd feeling leaving, but in a way I feel light about all of it. Like a feather riding a soft breeze high in a clear blue sky. It’s sad leaving such a beautiful place, and a small life I created across the world behind. Australia was absolutely spectacular and of course life changing. New Zealand felt somewhat like a vacation, but comfortable like I would never leave. It’s just that I never needed to think about leaving for so long, it almost seems just okay. Or a blur. Maybe deep in my mind I have already accepted the reality of what I’ll need to do, so I feel little leaving. Or my mind hasn’t excepted the idea of leaving it all behind.

The idea of actually being back is a bit of a blur as well. Just floating in mid air. The feathers whiteness glistens in the sun. Simple, happy, but far from the ground, and no thought of where the breeze will guide me. I have experienced the reality of coming home after an adventure from the grand canyon, just a week long trip, and feeling alone in the fact that nobody will know exactly what I went through. Nobody will truly understand the stories. All of it is mine. Yes, I can share all the pictures and events I want but the reality is that I will be the only one who lived that story. It is mine, and as much as I want to spread the joy and love of my adventure and personal perspective, I will always be the only single person who will truly understand.

Learning this from a week long raft trip, to bringing it home from a 6 month trip around the world is what I’m curious about. I am assuming it will be similar in ways, I guess only time will tell. And time will tell again. How will going back to the same life be? Will it be the same and I will not?

In what ways will the things I learned abroad weave into my daily life at home? Some people fade back into their own original realities, but I hope to grow. Flow with the wind, but adapt to the weather. Be a feather of my own. Make more of every moment with my friends and family. Take more time for myself and adventures because there are so many close to me at home! An adventure can be abroad, but there will always be one at your feet where you stand. Become more involved in my university for my last semester at University of Wyoming. Make more friends! Continue to work hard on studies, pushing towards goals. Talk to family and friends more frequently. Continue to dream and plan. Take chances. Be more confident. Eat more Mexican food. Continue to grow, love, and shine in the rays of sun above in that light blue sky.

I might not know what is ahead of me, where my feather will land on the ground once I’m home. Or when the breeze will pick me up again. But it’s another simple step in life, and with this light feeling inside, I think I am ready to come home.