echoes you hear

It's 3pm, on a lazy Saturday afternoon and the Sun's about to set and the only thing I can think of is this change- the change I've been through the past few months. The Sun goes back and emerges the same way every day. It goes home, unlike me. Setting foot in this new, cold country was challenging, obviously. Leaving so much behind, it was more than just starting a new phase in my life. Sleeping without Theo was tough, not seeing familiar faces in the morning was tough. Finding out that cereals are actually quite expensive was tough. I remember the first day- I cut myself while opening a package and not having packed bandages, I cried at the thought of having to manage my life with my useless self. Not knowing how to cook and never having done laundry, I'd traveled miles away from home thinking it was all about getting a better education. It was not. It was about changing my life altogether. At first, it was relieving to see brown faces. It gave me bursts of joy...