There is nothing better than friends
December 3, 2015Once I arrived in the U.S., nine thousand miles away from my home country of Kenya, I began to realize how my friends played a crucial role in making me feel complete as a person. Last night as I talked to a friend from Kenya who is also studying in the U.S., I realized we shared a comparable sentiment: our Kenyan friends back home mean a lot to us. The beautiful and the sad memories have become a source of strength against the homesickness that can cripple us in the middle of the night, especially when we are not yet done with an assignment due the next morning. In early November, I attended a reunion party in NYC with friends studying here in the U.S. In those two days I felt like I was back home and closer to my Kenyan friends than I had been since coming to Hamilton College. More ...