obca87 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} obca87) wrote,@ 2008-08-15 19:46:00 |
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The end is near
5 days till I leave.
Wow.
I've known for the past two years that this day would come. In fact, at times, I've prayed for it to come sooner. But now, no.
For the past few weeks, it hasn't really seem real. More recently I've been busying myself with preparing to start a life back in the US, focusing on the future, not the past or the present.
It was only today, as I sat next to the 70 year old woman who has called me a Cape Verdean since practically the day I arrived, that it hit me. Holding her granddaughter in my lap, I smiled for the picture, and agreed with her that when I go back to the States, I'll be able to show that photo to friends and tell them that I had many friends in CV, that both the little one and the old one were my friends.
Moments like that one, simply sitting down with friends, and a few minutes later walking a hundred yards down and sitting with more people, playing with little friends and talking to the older ones, moments like that one will not be a part of my life once I leave here. I didn't appreciate that fact until today.
I have a feeling in the next 5 days, a lot of tears will be shed, both on my part and on the part of friends I've made here. I'm going to miss this place fiercely, and am sure will nostalgically look back on my time here.
5 days till I leave.
Wow.
I've known for the past two years that this day would come. In fact, at times, I've prayed for it to come sooner. But now, no.
For the past few weeks, it hasn't really seem real. More recently I've been busying myself with preparing to start a life back in the US, focusing on the future, not the past or the present.
It was only today, as I sat next to the 70 year old woman who has called me a Cape Verdean since practically the day I arrived, that it hit me. Holding her granddaughter in my lap, I smiled for the picture, and agreed with her that when I go back to the States, I'll be able to show that photo to friends and tell them that I had many friends in CV, that both the little one and the old one were my friends.
Moments like that one, simply sitting down with friends, and a few minutes later walking a hundred yards down and sitting with more people, playing with little friends and talking to the older ones, moments like that one will not be a part of my life once I leave here. I didn't appreciate that fact until today.
I have a feeling in the next 5 days, a lot of tears will be shed, both on my part and on the part of friends I've made here. I'm going to miss this place fiercely, and am sure will nostalgically look back on my time here.
