No one told me the transition back would be rough.
I had just returned from a different pace of life and a place where people who had the least were the most grateful and then we arrived in New York City…..ugggghhh ( long gasp for air- I can do that since I am a former New Yorker lol). It hit me like a ton of bricks that I was no longer in Haiti. Everyone was in a rush. There were attitudes galore. I just could not handle it. I couldn’t wait to get on the bus and start traveling home.
We finally arrived home and I see my hubby! Yes!! But….now there is silence. Why am I silent!? Hello I haven’t seen the love of my life in days, cmon now! I couldn’t figure out what was going on with me. I walked in my house and I looked around and all I wanted to do was be back in Haiti.
I was going through.
The next day we went to church and I spoke to our other friends that have been on several mission trips and I asked them if what I felt was normal and they said yes that they have gone through the same thing once they come back from mission trips. I was like , ” Oh Thank God!” haha! It took me a good couple of days to get readjusted but I finally did 🙂
Ashley Wilson 