Photo by Karolina Grabowska: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cardboard-box-on-dark-wooden-table-near-tape-and-scissors-4498152/
by Katrina Wightman
I started the process of sorting through our stuff for our next move. We will have been back stateside for almost a year by the time we leave. Being in the states has made it possible for me to visit my family numerous times, for which I am thankful. I go back for my final visit in three weeks. As I prepare our stuff to be shipped. I am also preparing myself to leave again. As I go through this process I am reminded of the poem I wrote a little over three years ago as we were getting ready to go to our first posting in China.
I hope I was enough
I may not be what you wanted.
But I hope I was what you needed.
Or enough
Or you found what you needed somewhere.
We can only be who we are, where we are, when we are, as we are to the best of our ability.
I am a body in motion.
Racing toward life
Soaking up the sights and sounds
Wanting a bite of it all since I was born.
Remember you always hold an anchor to my heart no matter how far I travel.
And wherever in the world I find myself you will never be far from my thoughts.
I always carry a piece of you with me. Shared memories, stories, and love.
Never forget I am always your mother, daughter, Nona, family, lover, or friend.