Whew, lots of things have been occupying my mind and time from November last year and now. Looks like this situation will continue on at least until May. Mixture of work, family and friends.
Yesterday's time with a dear friend who moved from Tokyo to Taiwan last year was great! He asked me, "So how old do the kids have to be in order for you to not be thinking about them so much?". I immediately answered, "Never! I will always be thinking of them." This thought was never defined within me. The thought immediately turned into clear string of words, because the question turned out to be a framework to express what I subconsciously felt.
It's like reading Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea series gave me the opportunity to remember what my life has been about, what the journey mean to me. It has been all about trying to live a wholesome life. About becoming whole. We all have different starts and turns and twists along the road, and the choices we make at each turns and twists, forks on the road help us define who we are, what we subconsciously feel.