I Love America

I had such a great time in the states. I was in a bit of culture shock, but it was good to appreciate things that I have always taken for granted. I was so grateful for things like reliable electricity and running water, paved roads and trustworthy law enforcement and government (comparatively). I was staring wide-eyed at the tall buildings in New York (which are quite rare in Ghana, especially since there are only a handful of elevators in the whole country). I was also grateful for the fact that I have the best family ever, seriously. If I were to write out all the amazing things they did for me, it would take forever, so here’s a really abbreviated version: Mom- shopping (tons), facial, nails, hair, packing, use of phone, car, jewelry…; Dad- tickets Ghana-NYC-Ghana, tickets NYC-DFW-NYC, tickets NYC-DFW-NYC again (sorry about that!); Daniel- portable DVD player, movies, visiting me in Dallas twice!; Carl- ipod, music, visiting me in Dallas twice! I also have the best friends ever, both in Dallas and in NYC. Unfortunately, even an abbreviated version of all the cool stuff they did for me would take way too long, so I won’t include that here, but thanks guys! I had such a wonderful trip, especially getting to spend time with my family and friends. Sometimes it’s difficult to truly appreciate our relationships with family and friends until we spend time away, and I now realize more than ever how blessed I am to have such wonderful people in my life.

While in the states, I was an honor attendant in the wedding of Abbey Thomas and Dane Daniels, which was my original reason for traveling to the states at that time. I had fun going to the showers/luncheons/parties and hanging with Abbey, and Kat Higman (who was also an honor attendant) and our other friends and friends’ families. The wedding was gorgeous, Abbey looked gorgeous, tons of people came, and everything went beautifully. Abbey and Dane are going to be ridiculously happy together. I also got to spend some time with friends in New York, which was great. I stayed with one of my best friends from college, Alissa Zulvergold (thanks Al!) and had a blast hanging out with friends from college. My whole trip to the states was amazing, and I hope to return again sometime soon:)