Fly Away Home

放飛時刻

有個電影《Fly away Home》，大治同學在機場轉身，獨自走過安檢閘門奔向通關方向的時刻，掙脫的豈止是我的視線？！那是真正放飛的時刻！沒有陪伴，獨自飛越重洋，飛向那塊新大陸，小同學發回第一篇日記：

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knew that I really am approaching adulthood, knew that a life where I depend totally on my own is about to be in my reach, but I never expected it to come this soon.

From nervousness to excitement, then back to nervousness, my mind fluctuates like a small fishing boat floating in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean...that’s similar to where I am now, miles above the edge of the North Pole, intending to cross it and reach the continent where lies the next phase of my life.

Missing home or parents? A little I have to admit, but after all I am the boy who managed to sleep over at another’s house at the age of five. As a Chinese kid I suppose that is quite impressive. Homesick never hindered my moves after that, and maybe conquering such barriers made me who I am now, a boy who is trusted as a capable man by almost all that’s around me.

我知道我正在接近成年，知道我完全依靠自己的生活近在眼前，但我從未預料到它會到的這麼快。

從緊張到興奮，然後又回到緊張，我的思緒像一艘漂浮在大西洋中部的小漁船一樣波瀾起伏......這與我現在所處的狀況很像：在北極上空數英里，準備越過它併到達我人生下一階段的大陸。

想家嗎？我不得不承認有那麼一點點，但作為一個五歲時在就別家借宿過的中國孩子，想家從未成為過我行動的阻礙。也許正是克服這些障礙的過程促使我成為了我現在的樣子：一個受人信任的強大的男孩。