Dawning

I find myself, in a small way, hesitant in starting this. That, I'm sure, is for the fact that I've never found myself quite in this place. I have never started, written, nor been a follower of any fellow's blog. I'm not one to arrest my breaths in anticipation of an impending chance event or a notion of motion not promised by contract. I have never felt swayed to prepare for life with this much of a head-start. I, by no means, have ever been handed an opportunity for expansion like this one. Particularly, not one that was handed to me in red and green wrapping paper.

But, I suppose, a head-start is what this journey is for. Perhaps maybe more of a kick-start. A way for Chanel and I to recognize that, though we have been living (quite happily and most gracefully), it's really starting for us.

"Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." (Dune, Frank Herbert) That is a favorite quote of my eldest sister and family alike.

I fully expect this two month trip to forever change the eyes with which I perceive the world. And with those expectations, I am ready for it to surprise me with how little I know. I am ready for the world to belittle and overwhelm me.

Here, I hope to (with some constancy) document the planning, the ideas, the revelations and the happenings of Chanel and I's trip through Nepal and Cambodia.


Here's to an awakening of Chanel and I. Here's to the dawning of our lives. (Clink!)

And while I'm at it...here's to the family that bred us to question, the experiences that justified our wonder, the exquisite people we've met along the way, and the people we've become. (Woo!)