I don’t recall ever having a day that felt like it would change my life but this one did. When I got the call and they told me I had been selected for the 2009 US-Austrian Journalism Exchange all I could come up with was silence and a few uttered words. Then the call ended and I got up and told Astrid, that one person who not only had told me to apply but always genuinely believed that they’d select me. So starting on April 20th I will once again cross the big pond, this time however to live and work in the U.S. for six weeks, working on the staff of newspaper there (more on this later) as well as reporting back for the place I grew up at – at least in journalistic-terms – the Kleine Zeitung. It’s been a fabulous day and the best about it was: Astrid showing that the way she loves me, the way we are as of today is special. Because it allows her to let me go and still hold on to me. And there’s one more thing I’d like to add even if borrowed it from Mr. Rockefeller:<\/p>\n
“I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I believe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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