An earthquake shook Wendy Rubin awake in Morocco on the night of Sept. 8. She had never experienced a quake and this one seemed – in Casablanca, where she lives – pretty mild.
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When my children left the nest, I flew away, too. I landed in Morocco. Solo. Sight unseen.
I signed a two-year contract to teach English at The American School of Marrakesh. I hoped to travel cheaply, write more, and choose faith over fear. My daughter, 24, and son, 21, said I had their support.
Before boarding the plane, I’d said goodbyes. Hard ones. The kind that makes you wonder why you started this journey in the first place. The night before, I’d cried with my daughter, inhaling her as we hugged. She said she couldn’t bear going to the airport but wanted my perfume to remember how I smelled. Outside the security gate the next morning, I stretched to hug the neck of my 6’ 5” son. I almost didn’t let go.