The Final Days

Since early October, Becca had been slowly saying her goodbyes. Feeling the final days grow closer, she visited family, friends, and coworkers, she found herself wandering around town, walking through the dunes and thinking about nothing at all. Excited and terrified she let the days pass.

The last day snuck up on her and suddenly she was carrying her bags out to a moto taxi with her host mom. She watched the store fronts and houses pass on the main road as she sped along. The sun shone brightly as she transferred her things into the combi that would take her to the capitol. There she said her goodbyes to volunteers and her best friend of these crazy two years: Janeth. Until the final moment in the bus terminal with Janeth, Becca hadn't really felt much, she was too numb and in too much disbelief to really get it. But in those seconds that Janeth hugged her for just a little longer than usual, she suddenly knew it was ending.

In reality, this was actually the beginning and the end. The end of Cruz and Morrope and Peace Corps...the beginning of a fantastic COS trip.