African Christmas

It’s 5 am and I am awake…ugh! I can’t sleep, it must be excitement or nerves that I will be traveling across the state in a couple of hours to spend Christmas with my boyfriend’s family for the first time. Or it could be anxiety that I still have four more parties to [...]

African Community, Part 1

As I finish up my Christmas shopping I am reminded of all of the material items Americans strive for. I am reminded of all the things I have that many (most) Africans do not. But yet I still purchase everything I want and I get friends and family gifts that I hope [...]

Back to Reality

I am back from Africa and have been trying to roll back into reality!  It has been hard fighting jet lag and catching up on all my homework (word to the wise: don’t put all of your exam notes in your checked baggage, when you have an exam the week you get back, it is [...]