Comments on: How Quickly Slow Time Goes

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:00:09 +0000

It does. It definitely does. Everything about you writing this thing helps me in a way that nothing else has. I am so grateful that I found this, I’ve read all of your entries several times, and I tear up every time, both because I’m so overjoyed for your happiness and because I’m so terrified of the months to come. We still don’t know where he will be permanently placed, so we don’t know what kinds of communication will be available to us, and I think that this waiting will probably be one of the hardest parts. But the reason that this blog gives me so much hope is that I can easily see through what you’ve written what our relationships have in common. In both cases, they are irreplacable. I love this boy so much, I could live for two years on my memories of him alone.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:31:14 +0000

I just posted a couple new posts–hope they also help.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:43:24 +0000

I am so glad this blog helped you! It helped me to write it and was my hope that other people might be able to use our experiences to help them with their LDRs, especially in the Peace Corps. Again, the key is absolutely communication!! You will be just fine!!

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:18:57 +0000

Thank you for your blog. My darling boyfriend, the love of my life, left for The Gambia exactly one week ago, with my blessing. I looked for hours for some sort of support and found only complete negativity concerning volunteers and their ‘back home’ significant others. Finding this blog really helped me re-affirm that it has more to do with the strength of those involved than the situation they’re placed in. The entry that really touched me was your description of your time alone when you visited him. I’m already planning my first visit, although ours will probably be about 6 months apart. I’m sorry I’m making this so long, I just felt so helpless, not being able to just call and make sure he’s okay and he has everything he needs. I know in my heart that this is all worth it, there’s no one else in the world that I would rather be with, and what’s two years in the face of a lifetime? Thank you for giving me some solace when things seemed so hopeless.