A friend from high school posted this. How appropriate!

To Bless the Space Between Us
by John O'Donohue

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

3 weeks to go...

Have a mild case of cold feet :)
It is a LOT different going away as a mom & wife, leaving my family behind.
I was the baby of my group when I was a PCV 27 years ago, now I'm guessing I'll be the oldest in my group.
Got some great advice at dinner last night: You mustn't worry. It only makes knots in your stomach and those near and dear to you feel that you do not trust them or the universe enough to take care of things.

Cleared for take off...

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow! What a ride!”

Don't know who said this, but I like it.
Have gotten all the necessary clearances and am now just awaiting my gov't issued passport.