The ache and loneliness of being away from home;

From familiar faces and sounds 

To a place with no names, a place with strangers 

You try to find your footing,

Navigating this new chapter, 

Starting new connections

Where silence is all that echoes in your new home.

You whisper ‘this is my life now’ 

The ‘new’ life you once prayed for 

Now real.

Full of surprises, both kind and cruel. 

Choices, Challenges, Discoveries.

You made a choice

A choice with both ache 

And Becoming