Reflections on my Twenty-First Year

My 21st Birthday My twenty first year began on a cold but sunny day in Duluth, Minnesota where I was spending my year abroad. It began with birthday badges, messages from friends back home and literature classes. It was spent skyping my parents back home in the UK, eating sushi with my best friend, and taking a lot drive with my boyfriend. My twenty first year got off to a good start. But as you probably know, my twenty first year was not my best year. In June, I left the country I had called home for the previous 9 months, the state I adored, all my friends, and most traumatically of all, the man I loved. I returned to the cold, rainy UK feeling trapped and confused by...