Sarah, my sister and truly, my best-friend, is bound in less than a fortnight for Bella Italia. Yes, life is such that the one sister who didn't study 'la bella lingua' should find herself an Italian Stallion, land herself an Italian working visa, shortly to see herself a temporary resident in the alien land of Trieste...che bella cosi!
This is an experience I welcome for Sarah, albeit with a little envy when I daydream of anywhere in the EU;)
I've never doubted that Sarah would embrace living abroad in a foreign culture in its entirety. At times I can see a remote sign of apprehension, but her quiet strength and perhaps her love for a challenge are quick to distill any fears and she is left undeterred.
Sometimes I think of us as the foreigners living in Australia, and these distant places, are our homelands calling us back...
These past couple of years, however, have brought us a peace and happiness living together in our actual home in our actual homeland, and though we are moving on...I couldn't say I wouldn't enjoy and love our life together as much today as I did 2 years ago...
'yet knowing how way leads onto way
I doubted if I ever should come back' - Frost
Ah you gotta stop making me cry!! People are thinking I've got emotional problems!!
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