100 Days

Five for Fighting has a song, 100 Years. As many of you may be familiar with this song, it serves as my model for my time here in Spain.


One hundred years is used to represent a lifetime. A lifetime is a long time.

Infact, it's the only time that you have.

And in exchange sense it's a year. The only time we have here.



In the lyrics of 100 Years the song explains how when you're 15, you still have time. You have "time to buy, and time to loose."
At 33, "you're on your way."


Age 45 brings obstacles, as nearing the halfway mark, the song continues to sing, "the sea is high" ... "I'm heading into a crisis"


'Chasing the years of my life'

Half time goes by

Suddenly you're wise

Another blink of an eye

67 is gone

The sun is getting high

We're moving on




So there it is. We come to Spain being 15 (for a moment), not knowing exactly what's going on. We change. We grow.


We get on our way, as 33 (for a moment) can be compared to the first three months. This is a time where there are a lot of curve balls thrown. Unexpected things happen. Daily routine begins to be normal. But what is normal? During this time you think you have it down. That you get it. That you understand. Little did you know...


We are then 45, (for a moment) as winter and the middle months can bring 'crisis' or in other words boredom, confusion, and homesickness. Unexplained questions, frustration, and learning experiences help push through a learning process that is a bit hard to breakthrough.

We blink an eye, and 67 is gone. The months after winter. Spring comes, and we panic. Where did all the time go?


We're 99 (for a moment) dying for just another moment. The closure of the experience. The part that no one ever wanted to talk about...


The part that brings everyone to tears. We all thought it was just a dream. Is it really ending?




Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this.

When you only got 100 years to live.





100 days left.

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***Photos 1,2,4,6,8,9 credited to Caroline Weldon