It’s not goodbye but see you later

Saying goodbye is never easy. But I didn’t imagined that it will be so hard. I didn’t know how could I ever thank these amazing people for giving me the best time of my life and treating me like their family member. I was so grateful and my heart was overwhelmed with emotions.

Saying goodbye is never easy. But I didn’t imagined that it will be so hard. I was so emotional during my last week in Belgium. I was crying when I had to pack my suitcase and I was crying when I had to write my evaluation. It was so hard to realize that this incredible experience has come to an end. This year passed so fast, now I feel like it was just a blink of an eye and yet I met so many great people and I collected so many wonderful memories.

When I came here I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know anything about mentally disabled people or their life. But I was open-minded and open-hearted if I can say so. They were fond of me from the beginning and it didn’t take much time for me neither to get attached to them. After spending the whole year together, I didn’t know how could I ever thank these amazing people for giving me the best time of my life and treating me like their family member. I was so grateful and my heart was overwhelmed with emotions.

Monday night we went to a restaurant to celebrate one last time before my departure. I am not good at improvising, especially not in French. So I wrote this letter as a sign of my gratitude. I wanted to at least try telling them how much they meant to me. I only made it half way without starting to cry. I would like to share this with you too:

First of all please excuse me in advanced for my terrible grammar and pronunciation mistakes. But I know you will understand what I want to say, like you always did during all this time of the year even if I said nonsense.