Coming Home to Joy - by Tara Monjazeb - Devotions
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and notes on relief
I’ve been back in London for a week now. It has felt like far more than a week, but my three weeks at home felt like a blink. I am in a state of subconscious grieving at the fact that the life that is supposed to be fast-moving and busy has felt infinitely slow, and that somehow I pressed fast-forward on the slowness of American suburbia. Despite all this, I have been pleasantly surprised with moments of relief since I’ve been back. I love all my classes. The people I met up with have embraced me. And the sun — yes, the sun — has greeted me most mornings. My homesickness dissipated and I…
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