This evening, we will fly out of Miami, through Zurich, and into Delhi, India. I've been planning this trip in my mind since the day I got back from my first adventure in that amazing country. There have been moments throughout those five years when I wasn't sure that my dream would ever become reality.
But here I am, after years of dreaming, months of saving, and countless hours of planning. Here I am, nearly ready, to take off on what I hope will be the trip of a lifetime for Brandon and me.
I always felt a little bit guilty, leaving Brandon for that year. Who in their right mind would make a conscious choice to leave someone they love so much, for such a long time? But we were young, and we needed to live our lives. Brandon had to finish college, and I had to try to figure out what I was going to do with my life after graduation. (The best plan I could come up with was simply to put the decision off for a year.)
It wasn't an easy year; no, it was challenging in so many ways, on so many levels. But it was also a beautiful, eye-opening, change-me-for-the-better experience, and it is one I've wanted to share with my husband for a long, long time.
So here we are, putting the last of our items into our overstuffed suitcases, making sure the light timers are working, and giving away all of the not-yet-spoiled (but-will-be-when-we-get-back) food from our fridge. Yes, it's all down to the little things, and I'm doing as many as I can in as little time because I simply can't stand to sit still. (Anyway, I'll be sitting plenty still for 20 hours or so as we cross to the other side of the world.)
So here we are, about to go to India!
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