Sharing a need today.

Living away from your home country can be hard, and even when you know deeply and truly that you are doing what you are meant to do, living the life you are meant to live, the longing you feel for things that you grew up with, for your family, for your friends, for the smells of your home air can envelop you at times and threaten to overwhelm you. 

Most of the time, I put all my energy into loving where I live, and it often comes easily, because I live in a beautiful, friendly place. Other times, especially when we're a bit more vulnerable, I feel stuck. Stuck because though I miss my family, I can't hop in a car and go to see them, or onto a plane to get to them. Stuck because it has been four years and I feel sick over it sometimes.

We finally have reached the point where we are asking for help from our larger Internet community. I'm so thankful for my readers here at Journey Mama, for the love and support I've received over the years in this place, for the way you've read my words and said, "Yes, I understand, I'm there with you." I love writing here. The beautiful thing about asking for help in this way, from you, is that it feels safe, and it feels doable, because even if everyone gives just a little, it adds up. 

Anyway, I won't belabor the point. You can click below to read more about what we are trying to do-- in short, to raise money for a trip home this summer/fall. We appreciate every donation and every time our need is shared. 

Thanks, beloveds, and much love to you.