Ciao tutti!
I am doing great, as always. :) I have finished teaching and stopped all my private tutoring lessons, which means I thankfully have some down time before heading to the beach house in Toscana (Tuscany).
I'm pretty occupied with cleaning out my room of everything I've built up over these past two years and a half. There are papers from my Italian school, vital records of my ancestors when getting citizenship, the intensive teaching course, and then actually teaching at the school. It is really nice to go through it all and remember the work I put in during those different periods of my life. Different periods that have transformed me and helped me grow.
Then, there are all of the drawings and cards from my aupairs kids, families that I went to converse (talk about life) with weekly, and students from the school...
My love language is 'Words of Affirmation' so you can understand how much each of these mean to me. I am so happy I have time to take all of this in now, that way I can say goodbye and thank everyone that has touched me in some way. You know what? That may be part of the reason why we miss a certain time in our pasts; we do not take the time to appreciate what we have right this very moment.
On Father's Day, as I skyped my parents, my mom and I realized that I started my adulthood here in Italy. I began this adventure after high school and will be turning 22 this year. I could not have dreamed of a better experience than I have been given.
