Leaving....

I'm leaving tomorrow.....

Do you know how hard it is to swallow those words..... do you know how difficult it is to pack up my suitcases and take my sisters to the airport and leave this place that my heart had grown to love... not once.... but two times over!

I know the time spent here is so minimal compared to my time at home but the things I have experienced here have touched my heart and changed my life.

So I'm going home tomorrow....I will pack my suitcases and I will finish saying goodbye to everything that is dear to me here and I will get on the plane and I will take my sisters home.... but once again Wisconsin won't get the same girl that left. I will have to go back to work and adjust to life at home and there are many things I'm looking forward to again.... but I know that it will never quite be the same..... Ecuador has stolen even more of me....

There are so many things I want to stick in my suitcase and take back with me.... like 25 children, and my favorite soda and the most amazing potato chips and my regular bottle of grape juice that I have drank almost everyday and the fresh bread and the typical food and the fruit and the avocados and....so much more!

Then there are the experiences.... like walking out in the morning and being greeted by all the security guards as I walk down the street, the nice man that cut my hair, the friendly waiter that spoke English, the tienda vendor...Each one holds a special place....Each will be missed....

Maybe it's harder because I have to leave part of my family here when I want so badly to stay with them but either way tonight is my last night here and it's so hard to leave this place I love!