So guess what I have been gone from the United States for a year now! Happy one year anniversary! Its so crazy to me, the time had just flown by so fast and I have had some many amazing experiences and I have grown so much as person in the past year its crazy to me. I have known my one year anniversary was coming up, but I really think it hit me this weekend when we welcome the new batch of PCVs! Thats right, I am no longer the new group but they older group? When did that happen!?
I cannot even begin to explain what I was feeling as we meet the new volunteers just coming off the plane. I even got a ride home from the airport from my host dad and we were reminiscing about that same trip we made a year ago together. And that night as I was falling asleep I couldnt help but think about the new volunteers in their host families house spending their first night in Dominica, and I remember how I felt I had felt so alone, but so excited now I live on my own and have no problem being alone, leaving my house at night, meeting new people, working at numerous organizations, doing hikes I never thought I could, and so many other amazing things have been able to do thanks to my PC experience!
I really have come a long way since I first came here Im not really even the same person I was then. Well I am still me, I am just more strong and confident and I know what I believe in and what I want from life. I cannot wait to see how much more I grow in the following year!
