28 days and it's a wrap. A wrap on my AFS Year in Paraguay, but that doesn't mean that the adventure ends here. The adventure continues and will continue throughout my life. You can say that it was just a year abroad, but this year has given me a lifetime of memories.
When talking to family and friends about going home, everyone seems super excited..everyone except me. In the beginning - I used to dream of this day. Of the day that I could say that I did it, I made it for a whole year. The beginning when there was so much time left and so many things to do. Now everything feels like its being rushed. The "doom" day is coming and there is nothing I can do about it. I mean of course I am really excited to see my family and friends again but a part of me longs to stay here.
It seems that my life at home has been put on pause..people have kept living, proposals have been made, people have dies and babies have been born and are being expected; yet I know that I will squeeze right back into place when I get home. It's not the same here. Once I get back to the US I will keep in touch but when I come back to visit, my classmates will have all graduated and be in University, it will all be different. Thanks goodness for email, facebook, orkut and various other technologies that allow people to stay connected.
I am so grateful to have had this experience and I can't thank AFS enough for letting me become a part of the family. Because that's what AFS is, just a giant, all around the globe family. Pass the word around or host a student yourself! Just go to the AFS - USA website (or wherever in the world you are)! Its an amazing opprotunity and im so lucky to have gotten suck a great family and to have met such wonderful people in my stay here.. so thanks to AFS and to all the people that made this year / lifetime memory happen !
Peace & Love,
vivi
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