I have been in an absolute whirlwind since arriving on Jeju.  There seems to be so much to do here... and I can't wait to start checking activities off the to do list!  Branksome has had us pretty busy with the necessary meetings, paperwork and training involved in preparing us for the new school year.  I'm excited to start my new job as a 2nd grade co-teacher and residence teacher don!  Branksome is an absolutely amazing and beautiful school full of knowledgeable people from which I know I will be able to learn a great deal.  

I'm hoping to post pictures tomorrow, but I thought I'd share a poem I wrote on the airplane on my way here from Boston.  Enjoy!

Breathe

You get on a plane and you hope for the best,

 Feeling inside jumbled nerves and unrest.

An eager anticipation burns from within,

Excitement ascends with thoughts of places we haven’t been.

You leave behind family and you leave behind friends,

An adventure you’re starting that you hope inspires and transcends.

Your body exhausted and your journey is long,

Fingers crossed for a place to belong.

You descend with great speed and you may start to shake,

Asking did I make some kind of mistake?

And then you think, and you think a bit more, 

And realize the journey isn't such a terrible and laborious chore.  

You put one foot in front of the other and look with eyes open wide,

You take a deep breath and enjoy what this big world has to provide.

2013

Love, 

K.