Have you ever loved something so much that just the mere
thought of being without it was overwhelming?? I have, for my family, my
children, and a few of the men I’ve dated ( what can I say, I love hard). But I have
ever really known that feeling for a place or a group of random people. Until
now!! I was talking to my older sister yesterday, wishing them a Happy
Thanksgiving, and she asked me “when are you coming home”? I told her I don’t
know, because I love this place so much..Then she asked “what do you love about
it”?? There are so many things; the list can go on and on. I hear many people say, because of the crime
and brutality that’s happening; “That the Creator has forsaken us”… She hasn’t,
she up moved to Morocco….lol I have
never seen a constant stream of God in people the way I see it here. We have
all met those people that say they know God, and everything about them says “yeah
right dude!” Now of course there may be a few people here that are not all peaches & cream, but they are far and
few between. My reasons for loving this place are easy and simple but at the
end of the day isn’t that what we al really want. The people I’ve met are so
inlove with their country and yet they are able to love the rest of the world.
People tell me “Welcome” about 50 times a day, and usually I’m just walking by.
Prior to this I think the last time some said “welcome”, I was coming to their
house for a party or something. Lol.. When Maheeyah falls ( which is a lot) who ever walking by at the time will pick her
up, hug and kiss her until she’s okay, they are never moving too fast to care.
They have play ground attendants that watch your child so you can drink tea…lol..
I love seeing so many Fathers and Grandfathers playing with their children. I
love waking up in this house. Sometimes when I’m cooking lunch I’ll look out
the window and the butcher’s chickens will run away trying to avoid what next.
And the children in the neighborhood will be running after them, because the
ones that bring them back get a treat, and it’s usually fruit or something, but
they are grateful none the less. The girls walk around the house singing Arabic
and French songs. Nana is taking to
French and Maheeyah is taking to Arabic, and for me well I’m trying. To sum it up the number one reason I love
being here is because my psyche is not under spiritual attack. My mind, body,
and soul are in a constant state of peace and tranquility; I have not felt
anything remotely close to this in 30+years. I did not know what I was going to
find when I packed up a came to Africa, but I have more then I could have ever
asked for. I’m not really sure what my
future holds, but the one thing that’s definite , is I am knowing love in a way
that I’ve never known it before…..
