Yesterday was one of those absolutely perfect days in Galway that make you never want to leave. It was seventy degrees and sunny, so a bunch of us went by the river and just lied on the grass soaking up the sun. At night we went to a dinner party that some new friends invited us to and had a blast. Then, we went out for drinks to another great pub with an outdoor beer garden. It felt like a summer night! As we were out and all talking a friend turned to me and said, “Man, I’m really gonna miss this.” And it’s so true. With people from our group leaving for home at different times and some traveling before they leave, the reality that our time is coming to end is really starting to set in. Galway has started to feel like another home to me, and there is so much that I know I will miss. There were also moments that I really missed home, but Galway has become another home to me. A friend once told me that coming home from a semester abroad is so hard because you gave such a piece of your heart away to that city, and I couldn’t agree more. Galway will absolutely have a piece of my heart forever.
~Emerson
Sharing this journey with you has been amazing! I love reading and seeing it all. I remember someone telling me when we left Paris that people were going to keep asking us if we "miss it" (people still ask me that, actually!). I always felt ...not so much any more... that when people asked me that they were expecting me to 'get over it' or something. I learned (from that person who warned us to expect the question) that the simplest and truest thing to say might be, "I'll always miss it." The quote is beautiful. The thought of carrying people and places and experiences with us is reassuring ~ especially as we're getting ready to say good-bye.
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p.s. of course, another way to carry it with us is to make a scrapbook - hehehe!! I'd LOVE to help you do that if you want to!
I would LOVE help with a scrap book mama scanlon <3
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