Farewell

Leaving Senegal was a hard goodbye. I have grown as a person and an educator in a way that I wasn't expecting, questioned everything around me, and have been left with a new lens. Senegal will forever be part of my heart. The beauty, kindness, and perseverance of its people will forever be engrained in me.

As I had my final breakfast with Mouhamadou and we discussed the experience, I was overwhelmed with tears of both sadness to be leaving and gratitude for the adventure of a lifetime. How is it fair the amount of struggle people of this country have compared to mine? How is there such an appreciation for everything small here compared to where I live? I learned much more from Senegal than its people learned from me. How do I go back to such a different way of learning? How do I teach others what I have learned?