Summer of Departures

I am fortunate to spend most of this summer traveling. Covid was a time when I almost settled down a bit and thought maybe my idea of home was changing. I was met with rabid travel disorder and realized I have made zero progress in my insatiable need to wander. This year alone, I have been to Reno/Tahoe, Spain, and Grenada. In October, I leave for Finland. And it is time to book my January trip!! It is hard to explain this need to others to depart and yet, I think maybe some people really do find their home on the road.

Peace,

Kathleen

People and Places

I believe we are meant to depart from both places and people. It can often be hard to depart from both, especially the people we love or want to love in our lives. We can feel guilty for shutting out family and friends who are ultimately not good for us. This summer, as I spend time alone and talk with others (I can talk to others), I learn more that I have shut myself off and rely only on myself. Perhaps there will be too many painful departures to endure what ultimately will always be another one. Are we protecting ourselves from the eminent departure or missing the temporary joy?

Peace and Love,

Kathleen

Home

I wrote a book about 6 years ago. I definitely had inspiration from my travels, but didn’t really know what the book was suppose to be about other than random stories of my journey. It was not until recently that I finally discovered the book was about finding a place to call home. I have never been somewhere I feel home. I am constantly departing for the next place. As I discuss in the book it is a curse to have this biological need or feeling to always have to leave or try someplace new. It is frequently called Wanderlust and it has invaded all of my life and constantly leaves me departing for someone or something else. Go to Book Excerpt.

Me in my first home that I would depart from all too early.

A Second Departure

I recently got in touch with a friend from 25 years ago. Our first departure did not go as planned and we never really got to say goodbye. I got a divorce and lost the friend in the divorce since they were originally a friend of my husbands. This was a peculiar reunion filled with much excitement. However, there may have been a reason for the departure the first time around. The reunion was a disaster and I once again departed without someone I thought was a friend. I felt remorse for what could have been, but how can you feel remorse for something someone never offered you? We were meant to depart and not come back together.

Kathleen

Points of Departure

There is something about departing that has always changed me.

We are often caught up in where we are going. Our arrivals tend to bring joy and new beginnings, but do our departures not do the same? I believe our departures are much more impactful in our lives. People change when they walk away or depart…..

Departures are often thought of as more difficult. In many respects they are but it is in that very spirit that departures offer us so much more insight into ourselves and our lives.

This blog explores my own departures in life. Some of them messy, some quite difficult, and all of them life changing.

Kathleen