I am enormously appreciative of
people’s kindness and generosity back at home. Care packages and letters really
do make it easier to live here. It’s like love in a box. I don’t know what I’d
do without my mom constantly accepting my list of things I need/want
(licorice!) and diligently getting those things together for me. I think it
helps that she likes to shop J Thanks Mom!
To all of my siblings, whom have
the busiest lives I know, and still managed to send me packages; thanks
Jonathan/Mary, Erica/Zach, and Laura (with the help of Joe!).
To my Aunt Dorothy and her friend
Darlene who contributed in helping to send me a Christmas package. Thank you
Dorothy and Darlene! Please keep reading my blog!
And to all my friends back at home,
from childhood, and college; I appreciate all the time and money it takes to
put a package together and send it to Africa J Thank you Rebecca,
Tera, Liz, Becky, Shannon, Adam, and Karolyn!
It’s remarkable the impact you have
on someone that makes them want to help and send a package. Thank you: Joan, my
NY mentor; Jaci and Neil, by far the best couple I’ve worked for (how’s the
paint job holding up?); and Shannon Fredrick, my forever YMCA friend. I
appreciate your thoughtfulness!
Thank you to everyone who has taken
the time to put together a package, or write a letter. Those are priceless.
Your kindness and thoughtfulness has not gone undetected.
And I promise that if any of you
find yourselves in Africa or another obscure place, you can definitely expect
some love in a box J
I hope everyone is doing well! Hug
America for me! And please someone eat a sandwich for me!!!!
