i'm in joburg, departing for home tonight. mixed emotions of leaving my mozambican family behind and my amazing students. looking forward to the easy life of running water and internet and good food. but i know i will miss my students, my friends and the sea. it is hard to go back in many ways that are impossible to explain. you all have been living life without me for a year now. i know you but you are not a part of my life and i'm not a part of yours. i feel disconnected from what used to be my home, but want to wedge myself right back into it all as if i never left. living among poverty changes you. i live in such an extreme world of contrasts. it is also a hot, hectic, rough, intense atmosphere. coming home is relaxing to my entire being. but i also feel unknown. i live a very different life in africa. mozambique has forever changed my lens of how i view life.
i am elated to come home to you. i have updates and pictures and videos to post. and hope to see you all. thank you for everything.
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