I have forgotten to write a lot. I wish I had written a lot in my diary and in my blog, but here it goes. I am finally figuring out a lot about being in Chile, Chilean ways, and the culture. I have realized my life is here. I love a lot here as my old life fades in Tennessee. I have people who care about me from all of the world.
I just went on a 10 day trip with AFS Chile with 36 other kids from all over the world. At the end of the trip, I said my goodbye to good friends whom I may never seen again. Exchange life gives you so many opporunities and experiences with other people not just in your host country, but from all over the world. One of the last nights I was on a trip, I had a conversation with 3 other students about reasons why we came to Chile. My friend from Washington state, told me and the other 2 about how, whether most of us exchangers admit it outloud or keep it inside, some part of all of us came to Chile or go abroad in general to find ourselves as young people, to find out what else is out there in the world for us. Even if that isnt a reason, it becomes one of the reasons. You find yourself through exchange.
Life is short and I have realized that people come in and out. Even if you get to know someone really well and share your life stories for 10 days like my trip. I have never felt more at home than with my AFS friends from all of the world. I love my family in Chile, they really have become like my own.
I have said my final goodbyes to some people already, and shed those tears, now I am not sure what it is going to be like to say my final goodbyes to my classmates. My life in Tennessee feels miles and centurys away, yet I go back for my senior year for another ending chapter in my life in August.
This experience has definately made me change in ways I dont even really know yet. I guess I will only really know when I go back to "normal" life in the states. What I know right now is this is exactly where I am supposed to be in my life. Chile is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
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