Mom: Hello?

Me: Hiiiii!

Mom: Okay I can breathe. You're alive.

Me: Yes. I'm alive. I'm alive.

Mom: So you had a great time?

Me: Yes. Yes. Amazing. I'm a little bit sick now. Feeling really tired and sick to my stomach. Very disoriented after returning to the city.

Mom: Tell me stuff.

Me: It's hard to put into words. This is a place I'll be returning to for the rest of my life. I know it. It felt like my spiritual home.

Mom: Yeah, I heard... And the coaching course was good.

Me: It was incredible. People just transformed. This is the work I love. This is the work I'm going to do in my life. Everything just screamed to me... yes, yes, yes... you're on the right path.

Mom: I could feel that. I could feel that you were gone. That you weren't homesick anymore. I felt like you grew up all of a sudden.

Me: Really? Well, I'm here. I'm right hear. What is it you really want to say?

Mom: Don't forget us! Don't run away to the desert!

Me: I'm right here, mom. Maine feels very far away but I am looking forward to coming home. When I'm there, I'll really be there. Right now, I don't know where I am. But I'm here. I love you and I'm going to come home to you forever.

Mom: Oh good.