Girlfriends

As I'm loving living in Rota, I'm also in between 'here' and 'there'. 'There' being what I used to call home. Holland.

It doesn't mean that I want to live back there again. But I do miss my family and my friends. Especially now I recently got back in touch with several old friends. How funny they all choose the same month and year to get back in touch with me, has it anything to do with some star alignment?

I miss that I don't really have any girlfriends here. Sure I know plenty of girls, but cannot express myself in Spanish as I can in my own language, or in English.
The thought of seeing my friend Daphne soon, who is coming for a week visit with boyfriend and baby, is very exciting. Then I also have my friend Paige, who is coming for a short visit in September, and it looks like she's really making her dream happen to come and live in Sevilla. For sure she'll be in Europe, hopefully meaning more visits and a more similar time-zone.

It's funny how friends fade in and out of my life, sometimes the contact very heavy, and other times we seem to be more absent. But never distant.
I don't have many good friends, and I prefer it that way, so I can invest in people who are truly worth it. That also goes for the recently new contacts. Girls who maybe left my life but never my heart. And it proves that recent emails or conversation felt like we only saw eachother yesterday. The trust never really left. And I don't hold grudges. You lose touch because life takes you on different roads. Nobody is to blame, life just happens.

Thanks to all of you, who made an effort to get back in touch with me. You have no idea how I loved hearing from you again!