I just read my first blog and all I have to say is I was an idiot. I don't know if I thought I was too stubborn and set to change much or if I just didn't know how to or didn't want to say it in a blog the first week we were here. ha this experience has done so much more for me than make me miss taco bell. All the history and culture I absorbed in the last 2 months is irreplaceable and irreplicable. I learned so much that I could never have gotten from sititng in a classroom, "learning" from a book I refused to pay $200 for, in Ohio no less. I LIVED in Italy for 2 months and if not for being here I may have not been able to go all the other places I went as well. I have wanted to go to Auschwitz since I was in 4th grade and first learned about the Holocaust. Thanks to this trip I am a well traveled person!
I learned that I love mojitos and there are a lot of people who hate fish haha
I learned so much about myself that I never thought possible. I never wanted to be one of those "I found faith in Italy" type people, or better yet I never, ever thought I would hear myself say that or even think it. But I really did. Though my thoughs and beleifs may still be off the beaten path, I actually know what I believe now and I think it took being here now with these specific people to do that for me. I don't believe for a second that it is coincidence that we are all here because we all have so much to offer each other specifically. We fit together like lattice tilings!! haha Of course we all know The Shack helped pave my path to my new understanding and I still insist you all read it. We will pass it around!
As important as all that is, I think it's most important that I learned so mcuh about so many amazing people. I'm not tryin to get all mushy gushy in a blog, but you are all amazing people with so much to offer the world and I am going to miss every single one of you verrrrrry much. It really isn't about what you know, it's all about who you know. We are always saying "we know Danilo!" and that obviouisly gets us pretty far here. But I think you can know everything there is to know about everything, but without someone to share it with, it's nothing. <3
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Oh Keri, why in the Hell did you write this!?!? It was so SAD haha! I am going to miss you terribly when we get back to the States, but I know that we will for sure see each other often!
ReplyDeleteI am very glad that you have developed a stronger sense of your faith since you have been here. It is incredible to have found that in such a short period of two months, and I am really proud of you for that. :-)
Like you, I don't believe that we all came in the same part of the same semester by coincidence. We were all placed together in order to help us become better people and to grow with one another. I am SO glad I met you, and I am so glad that we have become so close in the time that we've been here. Thank you for being here for me when I needed someone to complain to (HAHA!), and for pretty much just being you. I LOVE YOU LOTS... CINQUE PER VIDA! <3
Oh my keri...way to make me cry again. I also must agree with the fact that this trip made me gain a stronger sense of faith. I have always been christian however this trip has made me rethink my religion. The trips to the different churches made me want to have a stronger belief...both in god and in myself. Honestly, I don't know what i'll do without you guys being right around the corner from me. Its going to be hard going back to everyday life. But its a usual fact of life. All good things must come to an end, thus this trip must too. And I agree with Gina: I love ya Keri...and the Cinque Fabulose will live on FOREVER!!!!
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