Tuesday, March 10, 2015

In lieu of Lou- Thoughts on the departure of a precious...

So how does one start to talk about something that is not there? It was, and then it was not. It took up a lot of space and time and emotional energy and then it was gone. Passion 3 has upped and gone to far away lands. Her chirpy, happy little presence now a memory and a loss to us.

Our little Lou has flown the coop and gone to lands new and Eastern. In fact, our little Lou has gone to do something new, so far out of view in the home of Samsung, the city, Daegu. I wonder now if our parents felt the same way as we left and flew far away to other lands. Perhaps I can better sympathize with them as they waved us goodbye, fleeing in to the unknown.

Yet, our situation is so different and our relationship so unlike.  Communication across the globe is as natural as a call across the room and the wonders of Skype and kakao talk seem to make it no different at all...apart from the 15 hour difference that is.

Our parents had no real sense of why we were doing what we did, but we have been behind Lou all the way. This makes a great deal of difference.

But still her absence is felt.

So we groan and laugh in the darkness of our bedroom as an iPhone light fills the room at 3 am and the squeal of Kakao!!! erupts signaling Lou's presence. However, its so easy to forgive when our precious girl arrives and for a time, feels a little closer.