Day 23-HOME
Hi!!!! After 23 long days we are headed back to Mallard Creek! The past three weeks we have discovered that this land is ours all the way from California back to the Carolinas! We have made new friends, memories, and spent wayyyyy too much money and are excited and sad to come home. However, nothing can compare to the joy that is ours today. (See what we did there Grant!) We are returning as better people with new perspectives on life. Live today and never let the moment pass you by. We know that life is short and we want to capture every moment along the way. We've laughed, and cried, but through it all learned more about ourselves and each other. Today, as we signed each others shirts (please don't wash it mom), and reflect on the last 23 days in the sheetz lobby. We realize that this experience is a gift and all we need is each other...and possibly some real food.
A special thanks goes to Grant, our trip director, and the best TWB staff in the history of the universe. Thank you V, Maddi, Ashley, Griffin, and Justin for giving your all each day to make this experience life changing. And thank you parents for sending us all the way across the country! We had the time of our lives and now we all have 86 new best friends for forever!!!! - Grumpys!!!!
"Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joy that is ours, Today"
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joy that is ours, Today"
We had the best 23 days that one could ever wish for. Each and everyone of you mean the world to us, and we will always be here for you. Embrace life and run with it! You are all going to do amazing things in life. We love you!
- Ms. V, Maddi, Ashley, Griffin, Justin, and Grant (of course!)
We want to leave you and your families with a special quote, "Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."