11 Months Later

"When friends found out I was going, they said, ...Why? Aren't things hard enough already? Women suggested healing teas, accupuncture, retreats, solutions intended to promote a graceful consultation with my dark luck...What I had a harder time saying was this: I did want difficulty, a new sense of what I could stand...I wanted movement, even of a tricky or frantic kind...I was trying to determine where or in what to put my trust once two cherished connections had failed." There is Room for You -Charlotte Bacon

I have pulled up roots. I've moved back to Chicago with my folks while I await a shipping date of January 10th to attend Army Basic Training and continue on to Office Candidate School. The above is the best justification I could give you today. On other days I would tell you I was seeking adventure or a new career or a chance to move around or just walking through open doors.

This place offers familiar comforts-- coffee shops on every corner, the sight of women taking walks in beautiful saris, neatly groomed lawns and parks, a garden full of over-grown squash & rhubarb, every kind of shopping possible from gourmet grocers to farmers markets.

I interview to work at a coffee shop tomorrow. My life has rewound to 10 years ago.
-Signing off from the new headquarters...Hazel