"Goodbye, Carissa. I'm going to miss you," my mom said, nearly crying as I left to get on the plane. I was going to Ireland for the year as a foreign exchange student!
"Don't forget to write to us!" my little brother, Oliver, said, jumping into my arms to hug me goodbye.
"I'm gonna miss you, Ollie," I said.
"I love you Rissie!" he whispered in my year.
"I love you too," I told him.
"We'll see you soon, yea?" my dad hugged me goodbye just as they announced my flight.
With everyone in tears, I got on the plane to my new home for the next year.