Life

I don't think that anyone comes to Ukraine planning to leave, but unfortunately, it happens.

Why?

There's the obvious--some people decide Peace Corps, Ukraine, their site, teaching, etc, is simply not for them. Perhaps cruelly during training we (those that survived) thought of these people as a tad "weaker" than us. Maybe less tolerant. Fair? Heck no.

After Swearing-In, something definitely does change and when people go home early, there is more understanding, whatever the reason. For a lot of us, it is something we don't anticipate. Something not necessarily unimaginable, as we all have things that would pull us home, but something we don't want.

But life happens. Be it here in Ukraine or there in America. Any they leave for their own personal reasons. And we respect them. And we hope for them the best, no matter their situation. And we miss them. But most importantely, we still love them.