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There and Back Again: Same, But Different

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It's been well over a year since my last post, which in itself is strange and uncomfortable in some ways. I'd always envisioned myself being one of the ones who faithfully wrote until the end of time. Yet the second my world opened up, I left my keyboard and went out to see what life was about. This led to one of the greatest ironies of my life in Korea: I finally had experiences to write about, and yet, I was doing no writing.  The strangeness is compounded as I find myself writing again in front of a window. Only instead of looking out into a small road there's a gravel driveway, and instead of hearing the hum of busses, there's the faint sounds of voices from my little sister's phone in the bed above my head.  I'm home.  And I don't know how to feel about it.  Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote my first blog post about Korea. It's titled " The SBD " (hyperlinked for your convenience if you want to indulge in some time traveling), and...