My trip home was very short - Friday evening till Tuesday evening. Still, it was worth it. My parents were REALLY happy to see me. With everything going on in their lives, I think they were just happy to have me around for a bit. I'm already contemplating when I can go next. I think my holidays for the next 2.5 years will be spent going home ( Read more... )

Admittedly it's hard. I haven't written because I haven't really had much to write other than how I'm feeling with respect to my father. And that's fairly straight forward. I feel really bad, guilty even, because I'm not there to help. I am however being fairly positive about it and have managed to quench my need to instantaneously drop ( Read more... )