tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176735909708151146.post5029912928876357947..comments2024-03-28T07:15:11.191-07:00Comments on ParadoxUganda: Graduation, an excruciating beautyDrsMyhrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617472350016164272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176735909708151146.post-10375570708902749042010-07-28T18:14:58.324-07:002010-07-28T18:14:58.324-07:00Your post brings tears to my eyes and memories tha...Your post brings tears to my eyes and memories that are so raw. I will be praying for Luke in this transition. It is not an easy one! But as I look back and think of where I am at now, I never thought as I was leaving Africa that I would ever be content in America. On graduation day I thought I was leaving my heart in Africa. But now I know that it is not so much the places I have been or will go that hold my heart but the people that I share my life with. And when those people are leaving too it is a different place when you return. It is a hard transition but as time goes by it gets better and better. And like I said its better than I ever thought it would be and I am not in Africa. My advice to Luke is to dive into friendships with people at Yale, don't hold back. I did and it took me a few years to really jump in and make great friends. I thought I had all the friends I ever wanted and I tried desperately to hold onto them but for most the distance was too much. Of course there are a few that I am still fast friends with but I wish I had put myself out there and been more vulnerable with the people I met.Lydshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187911952967050212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176735909708151146.post-64404446296845286442010-07-19T18:53:08.582-07:002010-07-19T18:53:08.582-07:00Praying for you all as you grieve and transition. ...Praying for you all as you grieve and transition. Achingly painful, not well understood by most of us living here in America, this path you are on is holy ground where I know that He will meet you.<br /><br />Sally WardSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803249496654073928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176735909708151146.post-21856480911765936432010-07-19T11:41:07.329-07:002010-07-19T11:41:07.329-07:00I remember RVA graduation so well and you're s...I remember RVA graduation so well and you're so right about all the emotions involved in graduating, and then leaving "your world" never to be able to go back to the same friends, family, etc. We are having a 30 year class reunion this summer, so there are moments of reconnection and celebration of all that God continues to do. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your lives with all of us!Debbienoreply@blogger.com