Seven more days.... seven more days till my flight out of Uganda.. What? where did all this time go?
I can not believe it! The thought is so bitter sweet but coming here I knew deep down that 10 weeks would not be sufficient enough and that I wouldn't get my fill of this new world I was stepping into. These past nine weeks have been full of so many new emotions and experiences that they are indescribable. Each of these will be something between me and those I shared the time with, between my heart and Uganda. My heart is heavy at the thought of parting but not one memory will be bitter. Every moment has been a learning experience that has aided me in growing as a person, as I enter the next sector of my life. 


Day one when I stepped foot off the plane I felt it, I was meant to be here at this point in my life.  All those fears I came here with where never about what I would find and what I may experience. All my fears were about what was back home and what I may be missing. Now I know that when I return and things will get back into their normal routine, I will feel as though time was at a stand still while I was gone. I am grateful for every moment that I have had here and the people I have had the chance to learn and grow from. I will never be able to express exactly what each and every one of these people mean to me, but their faces will be forever in my mind along with each and every important word they have said to me. I have had the chance to spend time with so many different people of all ages and each and everyone has their very own story. I have been lucky to receive a hug from  hundreds of beautiful smiling children, comfort them from their tears, watch them learn and be taught many things by them. I have had many conversations with Jaja's (grandparents), mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, friends and a whole lot more amazing people. I hope to go home with at least a small piece of the courage and love each and every one of these individuals show. I want to do things in my daily life that have at least half the amount of selflessness that each of these people have been born and raised with and I will try my best to do so. Coming here I thought I was a person with a big heart, but I know that my heart has grown double what it was being here. I know that with goodbyes will come many tears but not one of those will be tears will be without good reason. I hope I can hold myself together a little bit but It seems that in my time here my emotions have become a little unpredictable. I need to remember that this is not goodbye, but a see you again soon.  


 A wise friend here has continually told me that life is crazy, it is unpredictable and it throws things at you that you could never predict. It is all part of the learning experience and without this crazy life what would we be gaining? ----So in this crazy life I experienced a small piece of a world much different from mine. Did it effect me? Yes. In what way? every way possible.