my exchange gave to me
seven for a family
six lovely months
five languages
seven for a family
six lovely months
five languages
four advent days
three families
two traditions
and a new look at bloomability
so this is possibly one of the few things that has made my exchange what it is, and how amazing it is... it's a quick blog post and a long story.
you see, when i first met all these people, we were in a new country, learning a new language, meeting new families and friends. and to be honest, we aren't really that much alike. we clashed personality-wise and culture-wise and everything. i thought i would never, ever belong to this group, and i wasn't at all sure that i wanted to.
but you know what?
i was wrong.
and i'm so glad that i was.
today, these seven people make up the rest of my exchanger family. we've gone through a lot, and it hasn't been all that easy, but we share a bond that not everyone is lucky enough to have. it's amazing to me, to realize that i've only known these people for a few months, and yet i have changed so much and they have changed so much, and i can't imagine never seeing them again.
and we are an exchange family.
we are a complicated,
oddly-grouped,
never-could-be-guessed,
beautiful family.
