Dear Jeddah,
It’s hard to sit behind my laptop writing to you, because
all at once I feel like leaving you will to be one of the hardest things I ever
have to do.
So perhaps I shouldn’t begin by saying goodbye but by
thanking you…
Thank you for the best and worst times of my life; thank you for five years of laughs, tears, memories and thank you most of all
for the experience. I leave you, dearest Jeddah, stronger, wiser and more
inquisitive. I leave you with ever more of an open mind and a careful heart. I
leave behind some of the finest people I have met, and my better halves: my
family, so please Jeddah be kind to them. I can only hope when you remember me
you remember a girl who loved to smile and talk, who tried to succeed at
everything she put her mind to and a girl who remained faithful and loyal to
those she cared about the most. I may have cursed you and hurt you, for that I
am sorry Jeddah, because as difficult and closed off as you may be at times,
you are still my home… and I know no other place to call home.
But Jeddah, I am ready to leave you, not to start over, but
to start new; not to forget but to build from everything you taught me. I am
ready for the next big move- and I am ready, all thanks to YOU.
Please don’t forget me!
Goodbye…
All my love,
Celine
