Saying farewell. Once again

Crying like a river. And no one would understand if I said I was writing an e-mail to a bunch of friends and getting so emotional.

Well, it's true and I did cry my eyes off as I wrote my farewell e-mail to my South African friends yesterday afternoon.

I had an idea already that my bond to SA, its people and the friends I made there was very strong. I had seen evidence of it once, less than a year ago, as I was driving home from the gym in Joburg and I received a phone call.

On the other end was Patrick and he was breaking the news that he might be transferred to New York. - "HEY, HO! Congratulations, bla, bla, bla..!" And fat tears started rolling down my cheeks, like a 10 year old kid, driving by people and cars, in complete disarray. I was two months pregnant then.. and I got so damn sad about the prospect of leaving South Africa.

The transfer did not materialise then and we stayed on in SA a few more months.

However, at that exact moment I knew I was hooked. And might stay this way until I go back one day to my beloved Africa.