home - sheffield and china

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i will always have a 'return to' home in China - a place i can always stay.

but here, at last, i'm really home - after almost three years away. I finally moved back just over one month ago. it's not all been easy.

it's changed,
i've changed,
i've changed it.

on day one, hanging the old silk lanterns in the lilac tree in my garden made me warm and sad splitting my thoughts between Suzhou and Sheffield.
placing the oil painting from the Beijing market on the mantle and the photographs of snap shots from over 600 days in China in frames only made me long for those places again.

now, the simple joys are that i talk with pj every day and i'm happy. i listen to jd telling me about his job at Pinewood studios and i'm delighted and proud then, the real point when it finally dawned on me that i'm sure it's good to be back came through the letter box on two consecutive days.

the first was a written unconditional offer for the MA writing course at SHU starting in Sept and the next day, a subscription, a parcel from Amazon, a gas bill and a cheque book.

you will maybe think these things insignificant but for someone who either hasn't had a letter box or has used a borrowed one for 35 months - it's an absolute confirmation that i'm home.

and i'm glad

because now, i will go back to school, sit with peers, learn again and write about the amazing things that i have seen and learned in 600 days of stories - i will forever remain a part yorkshire and part chinese lass.

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Photos

trusty steed
rubbish rab coat tho - gonna take it back to ccc now.

hope the mum comes back
a nest in the hedge in the garden - i think i ruined their chances and frightened their ma away

very wet - stupid coat
cycled to Burbage and back in the rain. thought my hands were gonna drop off but my lungs were full of air - fantastic

Comments

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I am really envying your living room. It looks so cosy! :)

[TraceyDoxey]

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Thanks, Mell. the evening light in this room is lovely - you're welcome, if ever you're in Sheffield. tx