The final weeks of my service as a Peace Corps Volunteer have been filled with writing reports, enjoying my favorite activities which often include eating my favorite Moroccan dishes, saying goodbyes, and doing those final chores that seemed to have been ‘firsts’ just not too long ago. This is a challenging moment full of emotion.
Over these two years my eyes have seen great geographical diversity (from snow-capped mountains of the High Atlas to the dunes of the Saharan sands, to the beaches and water of the Atlantic ocean), events of mourning and great joy, love between family and friends, anger, appreciation for a helping hand, and warmth of human relationships.
In essence, this has been an experience far beyond what I had imagined it would be and incredibly different than anything else in my life.
One of my close friends, Houssam, put it best in saying that as the sun sets each day, and for me, here in my final days in Morocco, the warm charm of the sun and the reflection it gives upon the achievements of the day, give hope that the day which is to come will be even better than the last.
And while leaving Morocco is bittersweet, this thought helps me remember to look at what is to come. And I know that Morocco will be with me for life—reminding me to be thankful and to keep working to abate injustices, inequalities and poverty.
Thank you Morocco—you will never know just how much you have taught me.
Salam walaykum.
Over these two years my eyes have seen great geographical diversity (from snow-capped mountains of the High Atlas to the dunes of the Saharan sands, to the beaches and water of the Atlantic ocean), events of mourning and great joy, love between family and friends, anger, appreciation for a helping hand, and warmth of human relationships.
In essence, this has been an experience far beyond what I had imagined it would be and incredibly different than anything else in my life.
One of my close friends, Houssam, put it best in saying that as the sun sets each day, and for me, here in my final days in Morocco, the warm charm of the sun and the reflection it gives upon the achievements of the day, give hope that the day which is to come will be even better than the last.
And while leaving Morocco is bittersweet, this thought helps me remember to look at what is to come. And I know that Morocco will be with me for life—reminding me to be thankful and to keep working to abate injustices, inequalities and poverty.
Thank you Morocco—you will never know just how much you have taught me.
Salam walaykum.
