Saturday, July 19, 2008

BACK AT HOME, IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER THAT WE CAME BACK

HI PEOPLE!!! ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE LOGGED ON...
IM MISSING GHANA LIKE CRAZY!!! IT WAS SO HARD GETTING TO SAY GOOD BYE TO THE KIDS AND THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BACK IN GHANA... THE PLANE RIDES WERE SO LONG, BUT IT WAS WORST HAVING TO SIT IN THE AIRPORT. IT GAVE ME ALOT OF TIME TO THINK. I ALSO MISS MY ROOMMATE NAOMI!!! I MISS EVERYONE!!! I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE BACK THOUGH... I MISSED MY MOM REALLY BADLY AND WAS SO HAPPY TO TAKE A HOT SHOWER AND SLEEP IN MY BED!!! I WAS SICK THE FIRST FEW DAYS BACK. I HAD REALLY BAD STOMACH PROBLEMS AND NAUSEA FOLLOWED BY HEADACHES, BUT NOW I AM MY NORMAL SELF AGAIN. AS I THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BACK IN GHANA, I ANTICIPATE THE DAY THAT I WILL GO BACK (HOPEFULLY) AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO ME, GHANA IS LIKE A SECOND HOME.
I DEFINITLY SEE HOW MY VALUES CHANGED AND THIS EXPERIENCE BROUGHT ME AND MY FAMILY CLOSER!!
I MISS EVERYONE THAT WENT ON THAT TRIP.... I LOVE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING OUR RELATIONSHIP GROW BIGGER!!
GHANA IS THE BEST, MISS YOU!!

2 comments:

Janet Reynolds said...

Karen - Thanks so much for your wonderful thoughts on being at home and what the trip has done for you. I do hope that you will return to Ghana. I was with Jamie there on her first trip in 2004 and do hope to go back myself someday. In the meantime, I will look forward to meeting everyone that went on the trip at your "show" in early 2009. Keep up the posts - I love reading them all.

Janet (Jamie's mom)

naomiiesha said...

AW KAREN.!
I MISS YOU MORE.! IT WAS SOO FUN HAVING YOU AS MY ROOMMATE AND GETTING EVEN CLOSER TO YOU. I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH YOU AND LOVED OUR LITTLE TALKS. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.! LOVE YOU.!

OH YEAH, CHECK YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE NASIRU SAYS HE'S EMAILED YOU AND HE THINKS YOU DON'T LIKE HIM ANYMORE. BUT I TOLD HIM YOU DON'T CHECK EMAIL OFTEN AND I'D CONTACT YOU. :)