So, here’s something. I told my host family I like to wake up early (which is true) and told them I usually wake up at six (which is not true, but I said it because I felt bad that I overslept the first morning). They were very impressed, as my host dad wakes up atContinueContinue reading “she wakes up at six”
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Bienvenue à Dakar
written 12 September 2013 I have now been in Dakar for a total of about 65 hours. And they have been a wonderful, wonderful 65 hours. This week we are in orientation, so our days have been filled with touring the area surrounding our school and downtown Dakar, lessons on Sénégalese values and how thoseContinueContinue reading “Bienvenue à Dakar”
i am here
I write to you from Sénégal! After about 24 hours of travel, some insanity as the group was thrown into immersion French through the insanity of Dakar airport, our first meal, and a much-needed place to put up our feet, we have made it. Tonight we are staying together at a hotel in Dakar andContinueContinue reading “i am here”
it’s leaving time
It’s that time again… I’m off on another adventure! This Sunday afternoon I will jump on a plane that will take me (via a few stopovers) to Dakar, Sénégal in West Africa where I will be living, studying, and working for six months. My bags are packed (I have a thing about being hyper-prepared wayContinueContinue reading “it’s leaving time”
preparations
The following reflections were written over the past few days while I was enjoying the morning light by the lake at my family’s cottage in Northern Michigan and gathering my thoughts as my departure date for Sénégal (September 8) draws nearer. The compilation paints a pretty accurate account of where I am right now: aContinueContinue reading “preparations”
on such an anniversary as this, 2013
written August 14, 2013 On such an anniversary as this. Three years ago today I boarded the plane taking me to Kenya and to the discovery of myself. On this anniversary, I am thankful. Thankful for the immense honor and gift it was to live alongside, to learn alongside, my Kenyan family at such aContinueContinue reading “on such an anniversary as this, 2013”
transition(s) and adjustment(s)
In many ways, my life and its surroundings are in transition. In many ways, my life is just smoothing out after eighteen months of constant transition. A list I’ve been making as I reflect on adjustment(s): 1. This is the first time I’ve at all slowed down since before I left for college. Really, sinceContinueContinue reading “transition(s) and adjustment(s)”
callie daniels-howell 