Tourists don’t feel like this.
I came here wanting to have relationships and experiences, and to gather images. I have done all that… and my imminent departure, tomorrow morning, is harder than I had anticipated. I can’t count the number of people that have said they wished I weren’t leaving.
My heart moves so deeply thinking that, in just a year here, I have created friendships that stir me in such a way. I have made myself wiiiiiiiiiiiide open…and I’m really feeling it right now.
The only consolation is planning my return (whether it’s pretense or for real).