Tuesday, May 29, 2012

one way ticket

i bought a one way ticket to taiwan from texas using frequent flier miles.  it cost me $21.10.  

as i sat in my seat soaring across the pacific, watching a very bad movie with kate hudson and matthew mcconaughey, all i could feel was an overwhelming sense of panic. 

what. was. i. doing?

fleeing, apparently, in strongest sense of the word.   reflecting back on my decision making process, i am not entirely sure what gave me the ridiculous idea in the first place.   but it stuck.  

however, i did not arbitrarily point my finger at a world map and pick taiwan. i have roots here, with an impressively large extended family.  i became tefl certified (teaching english as a foreign language) while playing housewife in boston, and am reasonably fluent in mandarin.  

is this decision forever? no, not forever.  very little in life is ever forever, and all i know is this is for right now.  the truth is, i am buying time, and at the moment, i am feeling so, so much better.  


love, fif

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