The Kingdom
The Pillars of Hercules at the Citadel, Amman Jordan
I've been trying to write this post for almost a week now. Last Sunday, as I sat alone in a hotel room 7,000 miles from home, our beautiful Bailey lost his battle with cancer. All week I had seen amazing and wondrous sites, but they are all filtered through the lens of doubt and grief...I hope in time to be able to fully appreciate the experience, but right now I am overwhelmed. I was getting to the point before the trip of wanting to change everything in my life, to start anew, but now I feel the need to hold onto everything, lest I lose something else. I know this will pass. My time in Jordan was the the most inspiring and heartbreaking week of the last decade. I will try to share it with you in the coming weeks. I will always be grateful for the newfound friendships of my travelling companions; all of them immensely intelligent, spirited, successful, compassionate, driven and funny. Shukran my sisters.
