I miss nature. I miss grass, trees and sunshine. I miss the mountains. I miss Murree. I miss the smell of kerosine and running away from monkeys. I miss drinking mountain dew like water and sitting on the swing for hours. I miss huddling around the old school heaters in the winter and lying in the sun picking daisies in spring. I miss playing football on the field and blasting music in the lounge. I miss the art room and sitting on the stage in the gym just watching people. I miss the talks over coffee, the green benches, the E-lab, the Murree chill. I miss having roommates and the court at night. I miss the guys and I miss the girls.
I miss having nothing to do but talk to people. Our relationships were so deep, so intimate. We didn't have anything but each other. We didn't need to be intoxicated to have fun.We didn't need to go anywhere or do anything. I miss that simplicity and purity. Mostly, I just miss my friends.
We'll always have Murree
simplicity is bliss. Hard to find in noisy holland. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI miss the implicit trust and honesty. I miss being totally ridiculous with you! Those years were so formative and strange. I wish people here in Canada wanted to understand... I find it hard to even talk about the past because I think there is no way that other people could understand. You live with these people (boarding) - through trauma, change, encounters with god, elementary to grad - you live with those people for more of your life that you can remember than you've lived with your own family. And then you leave them. And you communicate every once in a while. But you still feel like you've lost them. That is hard.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post bonita. miss you
Daniel! true implicit trust and honesty. haha i miss being ridiculous with you too. I still have some scars to remind me (eg. tht top ear piercing). It's so true what you're saying though, there's such a strong connection but we've all moved on and spread out. It's weird huh. Do you have a blog as well? I miss you too
ReplyDeleteyes, scars... hahhaha
ReplyDeletei don't have a blog. and i deactivated my FB account cause it annoys me. So it's been really weird staying (or not) in contact with people. I hate hate hate text communication like e-mails and txt messages. Sooooo - yeah, the result is an unfortunate lack of communication... I wish we lived closer so I could visit you! I've been praying for you.
I definitely miss the Murree Chill as well!
ReplyDeleteEverything was so nicely controlled and planned out, and you don't need to text people or send emails or use facebook or even write on somebody's blog to keep in touch ;)
Hope you had a good birthday and a good christmas!
Cindy :)