The End
December 5, 2019
All good things must come to and end, something, something, something.
I always knew I was only going to be here 90 days, but I was shocked by just how quickly they went by. Just how quickly I felt at home. Just how much it would change and inspire me.
I will be forever grateful to Elena for allowing me into her home and school. For trusting me to be a good teacher and basically allowing me to run my classes by myself. For letting me be witness her first trimester of her first pregnancy and letting me love her whole family like I'd known them for years.
I will be forever grateful to my students that showed me so much love and kindness. Many of them are determined to keep in contact and I am so excited to see their lives progress. So many of them came to mean the actual world to me and I can't wait to see all of them again one day.
All good things must come to and end, something, something, something.
I always knew I was only going to be here 90 days, but I was shocked by just how quickly they went by. Just how quickly I felt at home. Just how much it would change and inspire me.
I will be forever grateful to Elena for allowing me into her home and school. For trusting me to be a good teacher and basically allowing me to run my classes by myself. For letting me be witness her first trimester of her first pregnancy and letting me love her whole family like I'd known them for years.
I will be forever grateful to my students that showed me so much love and kindness. Many of them are determined to keep in contact and I am so excited to see their lives progress. So many of them came to mean the actual world to me and I can't wait to see all of them again one day.
I got to watch three seasons pass here. I got to process so many past emotions and trauma here. I ate better and loved myself here. I developed my next plan to kick crps here. It was truly everything and I will treasure it forever.
If you know me much you know it is my goal to make it back to Ukraine one day, hopefully to fulfill a career I have long wanted. What you might not know is that I only ended up in this specific place, doing this thing, after one of the greatest disappointments of my life. I wasn't granted medical clearance and had to give up the Peace Corps post in Ukraine I had worked and prayed for. So I made it happen myself for as long as I could possibly do it, which for visa purposes was 90 days. I found an amazing host and got to change my life in the most dramatic ways.
If you know me much you know it is my goal to make it back to Ukraine one day, hopefully to fulfill a career I have long wanted. What you might not know is that I only ended up in this specific place, doing this thing, after one of the greatest disappointments of my life. I wasn't granted medical clearance and had to give up the Peace Corps post in Ukraine I had worked and prayed for. So I made it happen myself for as long as I could possibly do it, which for visa purposes was 90 days. I found an amazing host and got to change my life in the most dramatic ways.
Some of my favorite students came together for a going away party the night before I left. I laughed so much and cried only a little.
The next morning I boarded my flight and cried a lot. A lot of happy tears for all of the joy brought into my life by this experience.
Don't ever wait to make a dream come true.
The next morning I boarded my flight and cried a lot. A lot of happy tears for all of the joy brought into my life by this experience.
Don't ever wait to make a dream come true.