i've been soooo proud that i've made it nearly 5 months, without a single look back.
people would ask, "don't you miss New York"?
I was proud to announce that i didn't...NOT A BIT!
but today it hit me -- like a brick through a plate glass window.
today... i miss NY.
i realize that i miss NY in the springtime...
i miss lunch in bryant park w/ KMH, NJRC, EKK, DEC and RBM
i miss the subway (especially reading on the subway)
i miss being able to pick up my breakfast on the walk from the subway to my office
i miss BREAKFAST being DELIVERED to my office!!! (who knew that was such a luxury?)
i miss meeting my sissy jasmin, (between her job at bloomie's and mine at 40th & park) on the madison avenue busline heading uptown to harlem
i miss watching safiyah roll around in the grass at central park
i miss the bodegas where i could still buy penny candy (ok, 25 cents candy) and feel like a kid
i miss meeting ben at les ambassades for a schwerma
i miss jeff, leon, african food, luis&maria, jj's chicken&pizza, jimbos, 63East and even 2West
perhaps it was the ad i saw for the new sex&the city movie, or the trees in blossom, or the simply the fact that time has passed, a chapter has ended and new one has begun.
but for whatever reason, i miss my old home today.
so for those of you still there, enjoy it a little more today -- for ME!
Who Am I?
- ksd
- i am a thirty-something, wife, mother, lawyer (in that order), juggling to keep all the balls in the air, with minimal catastrophies along the way.
4 comments:
ah babe. dont be sad. we and nyc miss you too, but we will be there in 5 weeks and will bring a piece with us! love u, have a good weekend xxx
yes, NYC is beautiful in springtime and full of memories, but as they say life goes on..and what a wonderful life you're living. thanks for blogging...miss you, too!
I feel the exact same way!!! As much as I hated NYC sometimes (getting splashed by taxis, the dirt, crazy homeless men that masturbate in front of you, being jammed onto the subway at 830am and 6pm), there is really no other city that compares to it. I just love that city like a crying baby. Sometimes you really want to throw it out the window (oh is that just me???) but in the end, you end up hugging it and holding it...and embracing it. I definitely miss NY in the springtime...greatest place on EARTH!!! :) And I miss you too...
NY is another thing we have in common sis! I lived there for 2 years and miss it with a passion. Aaah yes.. the days of wondering the streets on my walk home and always finding a new little street with some random shop or cafe to indulge in.. the nonstop action and interaction with the world in the subways, in parks, on walks, on the first day of sunshine after winter! The motivating energy in the air of people on their way somewhere, people doing things, activity, and activism that just makes you want to be successful.. at anything. The bookstores. The culture. The food. The fact that you can find whatever it is you want to .. its New York!
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