9 Years Ago Today...

Nine years ago today I took this photo four months before moving | time passes slowly but also all at once. When I saw this view again, I felt a peace I’ve never felt. We dragged our luggage down escalators and loaded them onto the Izbon. At our stop Bostanli, we wandered up almost familiar cobble streets to our Airbnb. I was relieved to be here. To be in Bostanli. It all felt right. It all felt normal. It felt like watching a nostalgic movie, but I was feeling the breeze, seeing the flowers, touching the doorbells. Once in our apartment, after four flights of stairs, we all settled in. I wanted to make it to this view that night. I had to, but it kind felt like seeing an old friend. I wanted to be ready. I took a shower, changed into something comfy, and then we set off. My mind was scrunched up... I kind of knew the way, but I wasn’t quite sure. And then we hit a road, and I saw the bay in the distance.. it was there. It was home. It would never change.
I wish I was there today. I wish I could see my old friend. Feel that wind, hear the ferry-boat horn, watch the fishers cast, the mountains hover over the bay... it’s my little piece of normal in the world. Sometimes I just want everything to make sense around me. And sitting right there on the rock.. it does.