Bittersweet

That describes exactly how I feel.

I am going to admit it. It is really scary to leave the ones you love and move to the other side of the world. Literally.

In the past few weeks, we've had lots of good-bye lunches, dinners, letters, postcards, phone calls, web cam calls, emails, etc.

Tonight was a dinner.

On one hand it is wonderful to spend time with your dearest friends and family and on the other hand it is so difficult. After an evening of fun, there is the good-bye part. I try and keep a brave face and then I come home and just breakdown and try and remind myself about why we are going.

I hope I've conveyed to people how much I love them and how much they mean to me. I hope everyone understands that I am taking a little bit of them with me.

Don't get me wrong, I think the move will be an enriching experience for our family. I think it will be the three of us against the world. I believe we'll be closer than ever.

But, getting to that point has been a challenging journey.

A bittersweet one, that is.