In honor of my time abroad, I am going to post a year-late clip from my journal, along with a photo posted to http://vernarrtegedachtnisse.tumblr.com/. My time abroad was filled with a mixture of memories, both good and bad. There's nothing mixed in with the triumphs and regrets that I would change; what is in the past is unchangeable, but the future isn't. Learning from mistakes, making amends, cherishing friendships.
"Leaving my friends was a lot harder than I'd imagined. I wasn't going to break down, I wasn't. Each individual goodbye became harder and harder, but it wasn't until I gave R a last hug goodbye and heard her voice break, saw the tears begin to surface, that reality set in. I couldn't turn around in the car to wave goodbye to them."
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