<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ityop&#039;ia]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ityopia.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[katieolean]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ityopia.wordpress.com/author/katieolean/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Sentimental Stuff]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Today I say goodbye. I&#8217;m awful at goodbye. Leaving won&#8217;t really hit until I step of the plane in Ethiopia. (Or maybe even a week or two after.) But I immensely enjoyed visiting with my family and friends. I love you all.</p>
<p>I also want to give the sincerest thanks to everyone who has been a part of this with me. We all know what it took to get here! I appreciate so much the love, support and tokens of farewell you&#8217;ve given me. (Okay&#8230; to my parents, it may have been a little more than a few tokens.) Thank you!!  My gratitude goes beyond words.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s all for the sentimental stuff. It&#8217;s time to take one of my limited number of hot showers and catch my plane to Atlanta. I can&#8217;t wait to meet all the volunteers!</p>
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