January 6, 2012

Missing the Past

A friend who was in Viet Nam with me shared this video on Facebook and it made me homesick for Viet Nam.  I was also realizing that in June of this year, it will have been 10 years since I moved to China.  In August it will be 9 years since I moved to Viet Nam.



 As I watched this video I saw places that I spent time. The traffic is familiar and isn't it amazing that I'm still alive?  I remember less cars but still, it's crazy.  I would pray every time I got on the back of the motor bike!  And the scene where you see a bunch of people in plastic chairs on the sidewalk?  How I miss street food!  I try not to think about it too often otherwise I get a craving for it and it takes DAYS for it to go away.  Even though we have Vietnamese restaurants here, it's not the same.  But what I wouldn't do for a bowl of Pho Bo...

Even though I miss it and am so, so, so thankful for my time there, I am happy where I am right now.  I don't wish to go back.  That was then and it helped shape me into who I am today.  I miss my friends but am thankful for things like Facebook that help us keep in touch.  I just wish it wasn't so far away and cost so much...I'd love to go for a long weekend!  I can't wait to take The Man there some day and enjoy it with him!

Is there a place from your past that you'd love to take your SO to?

What were you doing ten years ago?