The time has come for us to say good bye to friends we’ve made here in Egypt when we first arrived in August last year, friends that have become close friends through travels, holidays, dinners and everyday encounters. As their one-year sabbatical is over, they are leaving for their home state tonight, and I don’t imagine we’ll see them again for a long time, if ever.
I myself am more prepared this time; although it’s sad to part, having known all along that this moment would come; I knew to cherish the short friendship and can put it into perspective.
The boys, however, get upset with me when I tell them their dear friends are leaving. They wonder why I’m doing this to them; finding them friends that they constantly have to say good bye to. August has been asking a lot these past weeks for his first and best friend from Belgium, wanting to see him, but he’s in Nova Scotia, Canada, and we won’t be able to visit even this summer. I try to comfort him by telling him that there are a lot of kids here in Maadi and that more are coming, that he’ll make new friends soon – that he already has other friends - but it’s obvious he’s in an upset state, and I’m not sure how to deal with it. I wonder about all those other expat children out there, if they’ve gotten used to it, and how they and their parents handle it.
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