looking forward, past the glare
In 72 hours, I will be departing the United States and the entire American continent for Africa— Rwanda, to be specific.
I’ll be working at a youth village there for a little more than two weeks; tutoring, service projects, and simple learning will take place during that short window of time, but I am excited, because it is all the time I need to try and renew my faith in the beauty of the world, in humanity, and probably most importantly, the faith I used to have in myself.
After I return from Africa, I’ll be moving in with my uncle and his wife in Brooklyn. I have made a vow to never set foot in this house again. It changes me. It makes me someone I never thought I’d become.
With that being said, though, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind those reading this that this is actually and overwhelmingly HAPPY moment in my life. Despite being plagued by current home woes, I am once again moving in on uncharted territory, where I’ll feel young and alive again.
That’s all I want- to be young and alive as long as I live.
