"Everybody has to leave,
everybody has to
leave their home and come back
so they can
love it again for all new reasons”
everybody has to
leave their home and come back
so they can
love it again for all new reasons”
It took me only two weeks away to realize all the reasons I love oxford and this weekend I get to go BACK!
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The last two weeks in Denton,TX have been an experience unlike any other. There are 16 people in my graduate class. Their ages range from 22-46. Some have boyfriends, some have fiancees, some have spouses, and two have children of their own. Their hometowns range from Minnesota to Texas, from Massachusetts to Nebraska, and there are even two students from Australia.
We have different backgrounds, beliefs, and even accents.
But in a world far from the comforts of the grove, mornings at bottle tree, walks through campus, beauty call, the balcony of a bar on a thursday afternoon, the rib cage after a friday night baseball game, yogurt at chaney's, coffee at uptown, and an unlimited supply friends I am learning how to live outside of my bubble that so perfectly consisted of each of these things. These experiences have shaped me in such a way that makes me able to survive in a world without these comforts.
And I am learning how to love Denton. I am learning how to be on my own and in the last two weeks...
I have grilled chicken, steamed vegetables, and prepared full meals for myself
I have attended church completely alone and been okay with it
I have attended classes as a graduate student and taken on way to many projects
I have rented nine red boxes and received five movies from netflixs
I have been given a job at clinic where I have the opportunity to love on children and build relationships with their parents
And one day I hope I love this place. I know it can never be Oxford but then again what place can be.
So for the friends in Oxford I will be arriving early saturday morning and I can't wait to see your faces. For the friends other places this weekend know you will be missed and the grove will not be the same without you
until then,
amy
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