Flashback

Back in July, my notable day-before-leaving-Copán thought process began with this sense:
to spend two years with a relatively connected community of people and then leave (possibly) never to see any of them again is definitely weird. 

A moment later I realized this phenomenon isn't actually so foreign to my experience through life.

It dawned on me that what made leaving Copán seem so strange was that the community had impacted me profoundly and made me a different (better) person. It felt weird to be potentially losing that community forever. 

So now, I suppose I can do no less than salute Copán Ruinas -- living in that world made me a better human, a better teacher, a better judge of what's really important to me and what I actually require to be happy, a better manager of work/life balance, and a better communicator. It was good to have been there.