“Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King
Hello Carpe fans and fams,
So this is it…
Eighty-eight days ago ten anxious and confused students stumbled upon each other in an airport knowing they were about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. We came into this trip from all different backgrounds, interests, hopes and fears, but that didn’t matter because through thick and thin we have been together, united as Carpe Diem’s Spring 2014 Hongi Group. Despite losing a member of our perfect 10+2, getting stuck in an airport on our way to NZ, hiking mountains in the rain, and flipping a trailer in the outback, we’ve stayed strong. We have shared so many great memories like performing a Kava ceremony, singing Amazing Grace (or more fondly known as Praise God), hanging out with Edward Slack, mud running in crazy costumes with Tran the Man, watching the sunrise on Uluru, and going on a group scuba dive as officially certified divers. After all of this we’ve come to our final day together. Tomorrow morning we all go our separate ways, and though we may never see each other all together again, I think we will all return home saying we are proud to be Carpe Diem Education students.
The final Bilbo Bloggins,
Annie
“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road