Yesterday I was on Buzzfeed, a website with a lot of random
posts about all sorts of things, when I came upon one entitled: “Twenty-nine
truths about growing up in multiple cities.”
While some of them were not particularly applicable, others had a ton of
significance to third-culture kids such as myself. One of them said: “You have tons of close
friends, but they all live REALLY far away.”
Story of my life let me tell you.
When I leave Europe in December I will have spent time in six different
countries. I will have been able to stay
with friends in four of them. There are
people scattered all over Europe who I love, and nothing would be better than
having all of them together. However,
that is not the case, and it can be hard to have friends who you don’t see for
years at a time.
Today a
friend of mine ended her internship here in Brussels. I was headed to Germany tonight (staying with
the Morans, thank you again!), so we ended up taking the same train to Germany,
and we talked about how we will probably not see each other again for several
years. There really is nothing we can do
except do our best to stay in touch.
However, my time in Brussels was so much fun because of Amelie. Everything from Spades to going to Bruges to
the Atomium was made more exciting because I had a friend going with me with
whom I enjoyed spending time. Thanks
Amelie, and here’s to friends!
Cheese, I don't think you could take a step without making a friend! Just goes to show, there's a little bit of Daddy in you after all ;-)
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