Sono triste oggi

Well, this is it. Right now, I'm typing away on my computer about 1 in the morning (although this blog won't get posted till later). The hardest part of any vacation is its ending. And for me, it's not about the vacation from work but the time I shared with my parents. It wasn't easy holding back the tears when saying goodbye to them, but after walking the lonely dark wet road back to my house, I balled much like I did after leaving them that last time. I belive I talked about that in my very first blog. It's amazing how being half (well, really only a quarter) of a world away can bring me closer with my dad. I like that we could both enjoy a vino and just talk about nothing. But I guess it's the fact that neither of us having prior obligations here to pull our attention away from what's at hand. And for once, I was the one taking care of them. And by that I mean he felt unsure about how he'd communicate with the others seeing as he thought I only spoke a bit of Italian. Luckily I never let them down and he didn't have to worry; anything they needed, from medicine for mom, getting train and bus tickets, to finding a car rental place, I took care of them. How the tables have turned.

Going back to work tomorrow evening won't be easy. If there is one thing I can't buy here, its family; the only thing I'm without. But like I told my dad, we're in a worldly world and thus we're never far apart. But even hours of phone calls can never amount to a bit of time shared with them here. Also, I could never fully paint the picture and describe how my life is here; it took a trip here to see how it was. And now that they see how I get along here, and how I walk down the street and they hear and see everyone greeting me, they might be right as they both thought and said the same thing the very first day they arrived here in Volterra.

Grazie Mom and Dad... you never 'lost' me, my nest is just in another 'tree' across the pond, and I could of never of found my HOME in my tree if you didn't teach me how to fly like you did. And remember, you're never far from me or Volterra since I always carry you both in my heart in mind as do, I'm sure, your new friends here.

Ciao tutti!