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Showing posts with label everything. Show all posts

Friday, September 14, 2012

Everything, everything, everything, everything (East African remix)

Holy moly. Just wrapping up 11.5 days in East Africa, specifically Rwanda (Kigali) and Uganda (Kampala). What a life-changing experience. 

While it may not totally change what I do, it has changed my frame of reference. We in the West are so fortunate—so safe, so affluent, so healthy, and strangely, so grouchy. We have so much and yet we appreciate it so little and bitch about it so much. Going forward, I will try to appreciate all that I have more deeply. 

Here are a few images from my stay in Kampala, Uganda:













Headed to Brazil now, and feeling so fortunate to have been able to experience East Africa. I will try to share some of this with the kids, not only what I've seen but the renewed sense of appreciation for all that we have. 

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

I have to (ap)praise you


We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to (ap)praise you, like I should

We're having a bank appraisal today. It's possible that I will have a nervous breakdown before early afternoon.

I'm hoping that the power of positive thinking will get us through. Think good thoughts.

And if you want, you can sing this in your head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1qzIggZnA