I am faced with a harsh reality, I am only visiting Ireland. I cant believe my time is halfway through already. I am not ready to leave. It is like narnia here. Time is irrelevant, and it is a world of its own. I know the universe continues around me but at this moment I stand still. I drag on trying to capture every moment, every laugh, every tear. All the while the world keeps spinning and life keeps on moving. I have learned so much about life and myself here. It is a life boot camp with an education thrown in to help me out later on. But what I am learning now….that is life. This is what I am going to use in the real world. Kids always ask, “When am I ever going to use this?” And I know, I am going to use this everyday for the rest of my life. It is an ongoing lesson that never stops teaching. But finally, it is coming to an end. At least this part of the lesson.
I am sure there is much, much more to learn back home; but for some reason it just doesn’t seem the same. I mean I miss back home a lot don’t get me wrong, but I know that home will always be there. But this, what we have stumbled upon in Ireland, is something unique. It could never be duplicated no matter how hard we tried! And so I know that this is the last time I will see Erasmus 2008. I know I will stay in touch with many people for years to come, but it will never be the same. This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. It is like the ocean swirling in the tide, although you can look at it, it is always changing, and what you once saw will never be the same again. And so I am saddened. But at the same time looking forward to what lies ahead. We are not done yet and i know that many more times are still to be had! These people have become more than just other students that I know, and many have surpassed friends. There is family here. I have a new family in 151. We may not be much but we are close and we care about each other! As well as others that I don’t live with. They say home is where the heart is, well my heart is here! I feel at home in Ireland. The people here make me feel like I belong with them. I may not be French, or Spanish, or Romanian, or any other of the amazing nationalities represented here, but we are all one in the same. We are Erasmus
I am sure there is much, much more to learn back home; but for some reason it just doesn’t seem the same. I mean I miss back home a lot don’t get me wrong, but I know that home will always be there. But this, what we have stumbled upon in Ireland, is something unique. It could never be duplicated no matter how hard we tried! And so I know that this is the last time I will see Erasmus 2008. I know I will stay in touch with many people for years to come, but it will never be the same. This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. It is like the ocean swirling in the tide, although you can look at it, it is always changing, and what you once saw will never be the same again. And so I am saddened. But at the same time looking forward to what lies ahead. We are not done yet and i know that many more times are still to be had! These people have become more than just other students that I know, and many have surpassed friends. There is family here. I have a new family in 151. We may not be much but we are close and we care about each other! As well as others that I don’t live with. They say home is where the heart is, well my heart is here! I feel at home in Ireland. The people here make me feel like I belong with them. I may not be French, or Spanish, or Romanian, or any other of the amazing nationalities represented here, but we are all one in the same. We are Erasmus
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