Where is home?

[dungeonwriter]

Heaven help me...I'm thinking about moving to Israel permanently. I am in love with this country and I’m so much happier here.

But that means saying goodbye to my friends, to the New York Public Library, to long baths and my niece. It means living in a war zone. It means higher prices. It means less time with those I love.

But it also means

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[dragonbat2006]

We'll always have online! (But I do hope you'll visit this side of the pond sometimes...)

[dungeonwriter]

Hugs, I'm still coming back for a bit, to settle my life. So yes, Toronto will be on schedule.

[dragonbat2006]

Yay! And we'll try to figure out stuff to do, but feel free to see what's happening in and around Toronto in the fall. (Some of our touristy things stop after Labour Day. Some after Canadian Thanksgiving-2nd Monday in October. Some go on all year. But very little opens in the fall. Except school, I mean. Summer and Winter holidays are generally when seasonal stuff happens.

[dungeonwriter]

Perfect!

[dungeonwriter]

Hugs, I just want to get away. I feel like I'm consumed in New York and I need to just have a life without...the pressure.

[dungeonwriter]

Haha...I used to think so. But lately, I am making huge to do lists and coming home so exhausted that I actually can't move. I'm starting to think I'm busy to escape dealing with my problems. When the bad stuff happened, I became so busy because if you're busy, you forget your problems. I was so busy in college I fainted in class. I was doing a triple major in the honors college, had a 4.0 GPA, was working a job, was Jewish Society President and Disability club treasurer and had a radio show and an internship and was volunteering in a Jewish society and had a fellowship, doing fencing, and writing for two publications

[im_not_at_home]

I don't think anyone who's a true friend would want you to move back to a situation that made you miserable just for physical proximity. You should live where you feel happiest. It's not like visiting someone in person is the only way to keep in touch with them anymore. And if your friends don't want you to be happy, well, they're not your real friends.

[dungeonwriter]

I think they'd be happy for me, but I'd miss them so much. That's the problem, but it's true, I'm better off here.

[laurabryannan]

Follow your heart, hon! And there's no rule that says you can't stay there for however long you're inspired to and then return to the USA when/if you want.

[dungeonwriter]

Hugs, thank you so much. It's true, it's a mobile country!

[animedude]

Hello! I like to message you whenever I come on to LJ. How are you?

Isn't Israel constantly in conflict?

[dungeonwriter]

Nice to hear from you. Let me catch you up on my life in Israel.

How can I sum up a year of my life? Dickens said it best, the best and worst of times.

Mostly, it's the best times. I've reconnected with my beautiful family and spent many hours in amazing conversation with dear friends. I've met important dignitaries, I've been inspired by the warmth, beauty and bravery of the Israeli people.

I've sat in bomb shelters, had my work place shot up, had a terrorist attack happen within a block of me twice, and had Molotov cocktails thrown at my car. I lost a cousin and have a lot of friends go to war.

I've met incredible people. I work a fascinating job and I have a million stories to tell.

So life is good here. Hard but good.

[animedude]

Well that all sounds.. terrible. I have to say most of the things I've heard about Israel have been negative at best, but it's probably all stuff you've heard before. I honestly don't know how to feel about it.

[dungeonwriter]

It is hard, I won't deny it, but it's also beautiful. I'm pretty sure I've heard it all, but if you'd like to tell me what you heard, I'd be interested. I won't be angry