Well, we can no longer claim to be in transition. We've been back now for nearly 3 months. Here we are at Sam Ginsberg's bar mitzvah bash. I have to admit, it's been a fairly smooth move back to the U.S. Compared to my near catatonic state post El Salvador, it's beeen a breeze. Family, friends, community and Obama have made it easy. When the kids pined away for life here from Mexico, I wondered if they might not be disappointed upon our return. Not a chance! They are out on the block, soaking in the remarkable Hampstead Road community life. Both have started new schools and quickly made good friends. Sabina has already been to a ski practice. Tyler is about to start a new, almost full-time job as a bilingual therapist at the Southern Jamaica Health Center and I often don't get out of my slippers as I work on a number of consultant gigs from home. Stella, on the other hand, is a little bit mopey; she had a great outdoor life in Oaxaca with a pack of neighborhood dogs.
There's a lot we miss; even the kids will fess up to recognizing the richness of our lives there. We're hoping to go back for a couple of weeks this summer.
Well, thanks for reading this blog over the year; it's been fun to document our lives and hope we haven't bored you with too much detail. The world does look different after spending a year across the border; we feel blessed to have had the chance to venture into new lands into loving arms. We couldn't have done it without you to come home to!
There's a lot we miss; even the kids will fess up to recognizing the richness of our lives there. We're hoping to go back for a couple of weeks this summer.
Well, thanks for reading this blog over the year; it's been fun to document our lives and hope we haven't bored you with too much detail. The world does look different after spending a year across the border; we feel blessed to have had the chance to venture into new lands into loving arms. We couldn't have done it without you to come home to!
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