saying goodbye to bethlehem bound
when i started this blog before my departure for bethlehem, wordpress cautioned me to think wisely about the title and username of my blog. they couldn’t change, i was informed, so i need to exercise some deep thought so that i could stick with what i picked. i knew that my blog was going to be about bethlehem so i ignored the advice and made the title something that related to my time in the west bank. i also figured that upon returning to the us i would promptly shut down the blog, as i really am not good with keeping up with them. i don’t know if i’ve just been hit with a temporary itch to blog, but for whatever reason i am going to try to start a new blog and see where it goes.
i could continue to use this blog, but i think it will be better to start fresh. i’ve mentioned this earlier, but i do feel that the title is still accurate. though miles separate me from my former life in bethlehem, i am still bound to the land i called home for almost a year. my time in bethlehem ended considerably more abruptly than i hoped and in many ways im still mourning a rather less than ideal exit. the people i met during my journey comprised of some of the most important people i have ever met. some because they have become valued, trusted friends, who continue to journey with me. others, because they helped me to learn that i can learn from relationships that our less than ideal. perhaps that’s just a politically correct way of saying, that it’s stupid for me to just take the good and forget about the bad. forget about the people who made my time in palestine-israel incredibly difficult.
with all that said, i’m going to move to a yet to be determined blog address, though im still going to stay with wordpress, which in my opinion, is the best blogging format, at least of the ones i’ve examined. be on the lookout for the new blog.
until next time, even if it’s at a different location,
knc
