Today I am leaving Limoges; the sleepy little town in the middle of France that I have called home for the past four months. I have been wishing to leave this place for so long now. But, here at the very end I am a little sad to be leaving. I have made good friends here. I am just now beginning to feel at home in this city. And, I have made significant gains in speaking French. I wonder if I stayed longer how much more I would learn.
Yesterday, I cried while standing on the platform at the train station waving goodbye to friends heading off to Paris to catch a plane home. It hit me at that moment that the semester was really over. I have finished this short chapter in my life. I have turned the page right when the story was getting good and found it cut short.
So, today, as I turn the page on a chapter finished, I look forward to what God has written for the next chapter in my life. I know the basic outline. I will be in Norman among friends in a place that has been home to me far longer than this small town in France. In that I take great comfort.
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I sympathize with what you are feeling. The last moments are so heart-rending because you have to leave a new life you were just adjusting to, but there is also excitement in returning to a beloved, well-established community. I hope that you get home safely and enjoy the holidays. I look forward to talking with you when you get back.
so soon!
I was sad to leave some things, but fortunately the good was far outweighing the bad in my leaving experience.
Time for an update, Willis.
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