Goodbye Alexander...

This morning Alexander left to visit his family after not having seen them for five years.
The goodbye was very emotional. Both of us had tears in our eyes.

I gave him an address card and he promised me he would call, or send an email as to let me know if he arrived well.

I could hardly speak when we hugged. I gave him a bottle of water and some good advice, and there he went. "Maybe I will see you in one year" he shouted when he walked down the road towards the bus stop. "One year!"

On his back he was carrying the backpack I had bought him. Inside it his old, dirty over sized clothes. His old life.

Bye bye Alexander... I hope you will find happiness in Nueva Segovia. Good luck buddy!