Back in Mostar

After a month long break where I returned to Alaska and visited my sister at university in Oregon I have returned to school and Mostar. My vacation was amazing! I was able to spend time with family, friends, and snow :), but near the end of my trip I started to realize that my life right now is not in Alaska but in Mostar. UWCiM is where I need to be now. Upon returning to school I have felt myself settling back into school life and classes with a new found confidence in how comfortable things feel to me now. I am no longer feeling my way around as much as before, I have a better understanding of the place and the school, I feel right here despite of the challenges I know I will face.

Along with a sense of belong here at school, in Mostar, I also felt a strong connection to Alaska, it became rooted in me that Alaska is where I am from, that I love the land and the people and they are a big part of who I am and who I always will be. Although for the next few years I will probably spend most of my time outside of Alaska, I know it is a place where I can always return to, always call home.