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There is No Better Feeling Than Being Home
As the plane descended, I looked out the window and saw mountains for miles.
As the wheels touched down, I knew I was home. It’s a strange feeling when your adopted country feels more like home than the one you were born in. However, since arriving in Colombia in 2018, I have always felt a warm, gentle hug as I disembarked.
Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong place?
I am not saying I was born in the wrong place because being born in the US has allowed me to live as I do now. Yet I never felt it was my forever home, and felt like an outsider there.
Even on my most recent trip, I felt misunderstood, not only by the people but also by what beats beneath the surface.
It is a feeling I can’t explain, and you can not understand unless it has happened to you. Some feel at home in their home country, which is beautiful, but that was not my experience.
I feel blessed that I found a place where I feel I belong. Even with the cultural differences and the language barrier, I lived in the…
