Tonight I said goodbye to the first Arab friend I made in this country. He was a student from my first semester and we kept in touch after he was out of the class. Last year we became friends as I hired him to do translating work for my training courses.
Abood is doing his internship in Qatar and will most likely start his career there. Geographically, Qatar is closer to the UAE than Chicago is to Iowa, but in reality a move is a move. It's just never the same.
I know everyone hates goodbyes but I think I'm worse than most. Sometimes I think the real reason I never wanted children is that I knew someday they'd grow up and move away... and I don't think I could take that.
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