Hi everyone!
I am sad to say this is my final blog post for the trip. I didn’t believe three months would ever end, and here I am, finally having to face reality. Looking back three months ago, I would have told you that three months was plenty of time. But now that I have to say goodbye to everyone I consider my family, I am desperate for three months more. We have gone through so much together as a group and as individuals that it makes it that much harder to say goodbye.
I can honestly say that each one of my group/ family members has helped me grow in ways that I never could have imagined. Jordan helped me find home in every place we went, and showed me how to constantly dream big. He is an amazing friend with one of the biggest hearts I know. Leine helped ground me in everything I do. She also helped me become confident in my decisions and opinions. I will forever be thankful for that life skill! Makenna helped me talk through everything from American politics, to defining what spirituality means to different people. She has really helped me open myself up to the people around me, and she helped me get the full extent out of my trip. Eden was the one person I could always count on to talk to. Whether about our favorite cuts of steak or our favorite travel memories (and our future travels together). She never ceased to make me smile with all of her funny comments. Dylan, what can I say, we are basically related. I have never had such an amazing friend, nor a friend that I could mistake for my family. But you have become the brother I never had, and you always helped my adventures thrive! Audrey, you have taught me some really great life lessons, that I’m pretty sure I would have never learned without you (you know exactly what I mean). And you always knew how to make me smile and laugh when I was down. You have helped me grow into me in so many more ways than I can even describe. And Jeremy, I never thought I could find anyone to adventure with. But you have expanded my adventurous spirit so much over these past three months. I now have the confidence to adventure, even if it means adventuring on my own. I never thought I would be capable of that, but you have helped my confidence grow tremendously. And you will always be my adventure partner.
We have had amazing memories over these past three months in crazy India, and our friendships will continue to grow for the rest of our lives. We will forever have travel partners, since we survived India together!! I will love you and miss you all so much! Look forward to snapchats from all the strange places I am off to next semester!
Love,
Gabriela