Now if you’ve been reading this blawg-o-mine for any length of time, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I am not, by and large, a girl who spends a lot of time outdoors. In fact, I believe I’ve mentioned that nature would be ever-so-much more enjoyable for me if it were air conditioned. [...]
For the last couple of days of our trip we headed a little deeper into the heart of Uganda and visited a national park adjacent to Murchison Falls. At the time I didn’t understand why those two days were so important, but in retrospect it is perfectly clear that without that decompression period my head [...]
There are lots of sights and sounds from Uganda that will stay with me forever, but for some reason last Tuesday’s home visit seems to be on constant replay in my mind. I can’t think of anything in recent memory that has affected me so profoundly, and every single time I close my eyes to [...]
by BooMama on 20 February 2008
in Africa
When we put the little man to bed around 8 o’clock last night, he said he wanted me to snuggle with him for a minute. So I crawled in the bed, wrapped my arm around him, and that’s the last thing I remember until about 5:45 this morning. NINE HOURS AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES OF [...]
by BooMama on 19 February 2008
in Africa
But Shaun (proper pronuniciation: SHAW-AWN) is doing very cool thing over at his place.
by BooMama on 18 February 2008
in Africa
We are in Brussels, and PRAISE THE LORD, OH PRAISE HIM, we all had at least two seats to stretch out on the plane from Entebbe to here. And I haven’t mentioned this before, but can I just please tell you that Shannon was the best roommate in the whole wide world? THE BEST. We [...]