it was a very quick year as well as some loooong stretches. still we are in the middle of "revers culture shock", doesn't that sound cool! (it certainly doesn't feel that way)....
i had to bake pumpkin pie, and i do catch myself more and more clinging to american traditions, often small things we got used to over the past 12 years. on many days it's some kind of food i crave and then of course hop on over into our kitchen and start preparing. the kids like this notion of mine. it does make us all feel at home, what ever we call home, maybe our kitchen? maybe it really doesn't matter that much where our kitchen physically is, but who is in that place and what it smells, tastes and feels like. this is home and i'm comfortable in that setting. some other places and moments i feel very much out of touch. it's not obvious to most people here, that i'm not really at home. i speak their language, no one would guess that i'm not really at familiar with all the things going on and happening here. though i do know there is tomorrow and with it more days to get used and acclimatised and maybe i'm growing more open to other people and finally be able to "make" new friends.
enough said, we totally enjoyed the pie!
3 comments:
your pie looks soooo delicious!
pumpkin pie is certainly a worthy tradition to cling to
America misses you too. I can't believe it has already been a year!
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