What is home?

This will just be a quick post, as I am running out of battery life, and about to fly out of JFK to Prague. As I head back to Prague, another "home" of mine, I reflect on what "home" exactly means to me. For so long I haven't had a stationary home...Wisconsin has been my home, Prague has been my home and Minnesota has been my home. But, for the first time in a long time, I have found my "home" - and this song, which was appropriately played as the first song our wedding party danced to - explains it pretty well:



Man-oh-man, you're my best friend...there aint nothin' please me more than you..home...let me go home...home is wherever I'm with you. Ahhhh, love it! Now that I'm a married chick, I've found my "home" in/with Tom...and it is pretty awesome. I love it and am so excited about our future together!

Stay tuned for pictures from the SuperWedding...they're coming very, very soon. In the meantime, head out to our website to see the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner snaps.

Love to you all and safe travels (with my blanky in tow),

MEgan

p.s. by the way, Tom is now obsessed with this song and plays it every chance he gets. ha.

a song/half of blanky for tom...he's coming tomorrow!!

This is a very special post!!

The day's just keep flyin' by and things are getting better and better...i am really enjoying my time here and i understand that things aren't always easy. Czech lessons are rough...but I am glad I am doing it. The day-to-day interactions are rough, but they are so important in the grand scheme of things because these experiences are what makes this whole life experience so unique and massively important.

Today I was on a run (apparently I'm a runner now) on the cobblestone streets of Praha and decided to take the path not less traveled. Meaning, I decided to do big loop that entailed me running across Karluv Most. For those of you Americans who think this isn't it a big deal...let me frame a pic for you. First of all, no one runs here. If they do run, they run in parks. And, they run during the day. I decided to run on a Saturday night, across the Charles Bridge. hee. And while I was running on came this Plain White T's song called, "1,2,3,4" that totally grabbed my attention.

The lyrics go: "Give me more lovin' than I've ever had, make it all better when i'm feeling sad, tell me that i'm special even when i know i'm not. make me feel good when i hurt so bad, barely get mad, i'm so glad i found you. i love being around you. you make it easy. easy as 1,2,3,4...there's only one thing to do, three words for you, i love you...there's only one way to say those three words, and that's what i'll do, i love you..."

So true. This one's for Tom. Please keep Tom in your prayers as he flies over the big blue to see me, and pray that He would watch over us this week as we enjoy our time together. It isn't always easy to be thousands of miles from the one you love, but Tom makes it as easy as it can be.



And, believe me - Tom is awesome. He is so awesome that I would even do this for him:

Yes, that's right, all...I've cut my blanky in half! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! hee hee. For those of you who know me well, you know I love my blanky, and it's traveled with me for the last nearly 26 years around the world. My dear, wonderful grandmother made this thing for me when i was a lil' babe and I have worn it out. In fact, the little white squares used to have embroidered animals on them. Yeah, sad.

So, when Tom asked me if he could have this while I was gone, you can imagine I had a very difficult time giving in. We made a deal. He'd buy me this cool scarf from Urban (that sorta felt like my blanky) and I'd give him the blanky under one condition - I got to keep it until he came to visit. Hmm. 2 months later and I'm not ready to let go. The creative juices start running. 'What can I do to get out of this?', I thought. And the most logical answer I arrived at was to cut the blanked in half and give him the other half. Compromise. And that, my friends, is what our relationship is all about. It may not seem like a big deal...but if you have a blanky you know what it is like to part with it.

But for this guy, I'll make sacrifices. Big, blanky-cutting-in-half sacrifices. :) hee.

do a good deed for someone today,

me