Pilgrimage Preparations

Telecommuting: once rare, it is more and more common these days. Herself has been a telecommuter for well over a decade now. She does not set foot in the Home Office often, as there is usually no need to do so. An unexpected opportunity to make the pilgrimage to the Home Office has arisen, and Herself will be going north to do so in a few weeks.

Visiting the Home Office is always a fraught affair for Herself. While her sacrifices in relocating and becoming a telecommuter were made willingly and without regret, it is difficult for Herself to see her coworkers so rarely, and she is saddened by how much she misses interacting with them on a daily basis. Inevitably she returns home with a fresh sense of loss and loneliness.

This trip may be different, though. This time, Herself has her local friends to whom she will come home. Once more, she is so grateful for the presence of these people in her life.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. - Dag Hammarskjold