Farewell Message

Ohhhhh dear friends, the time is at the corner when we almost have to say fare thee well, but in this small walk, i learnt that; the glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, it’s like a gift that is not easily gained. It roots from the heart and involves memories that stay not for a moment, not a day but forever.

It’s been just about 18 days....... but i can’t remember not knowing you guys, not hearing that hard crack of joy in your laughter’s.

Shoulder pads may come and go, but friendship is forever. Because if one day i decide to go to Denmark, i won’t think i don’t know where am headed, coz it helps to know am not alone. I rather have a family there to crush at. We may have wronged some people unintended in this past few days, but remember no one has all the answers and sometimes the best we can do is just apologise and let the past be the past.

I learnt that as in any journey, who you travel with can be more important than your destination, you can never know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes, and in this short walk, i believe a lot of you learnt about Ugandan people beyond what the others perceive.

A lot of you had to go through transitions and some as simple as adjusting to the weather, and the beauty will come when you get back home, sit and reflect on all the small moments that made you smile and u’ll see how far u’ve come and smile at yourself.

As most of us know, life is not made up of big moments, it’s made of the small moments that made us laugh so hard we couldn’t hear ourselves.......(lil white pea).

People think blood is thicker than water, but it’s not only blood bonds that make us family, to me it’s the people who take time to know and understand us and still love us with all our flaws so we can finally be ourselves.

 Every road comes to an end, but as this research project has ended, this end feels like the beginning of long lasting friendship bonds because even when some think we’ve come a long way, i think it was no coincidence, it’s the fruit of our labour to understand each other.

Just because we won’t be together all times doesn’t mean the love will stop, because we cannot choose who we love, but we can definitely choose how we love them. Friendship at times is like a business deal, and when we are lucky, we get trust as the bonus. Embracing all our imperfections make us remind ourselves of how good it feels to be loved.

With all this said, it would be very corrupt of me not to wish you all the best of luck in every walk of your lives and carry on the love we MUBS students showed you and remember, our doors will always be open when you want to visit.

From me and my Ugandan team, KWAHERI!!!!!