Part of being on home assignment is having time to rest and renew...
and to just downright...
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And there is nothing more relaxing for me than sitting on this swing in my backyard.
(I have been trying to concoct a way to get one of these to Japan.
No, I don't think it will fit in my suitcase either.
Granted I have no porch or yard in Japan and it would take up more than half of my living room.)
So I better just leave it here.
I'll keep soaking up the sun and stars these last weeks of American life,
enjoying quiet moments now and then that feel like mini-vacations,
tucking them in my heart and mind as an oasis for days to come.
