Why 2012 has been the best year of my life:
-I dropped everything and moved to South Africa
-I attended the African Gender Institute where I stretched my views and ideology in crazy directions
-I grew closer to those who I love the most
-I rode a horse through Swaziland and slept in a cave with a beautiful German girl
-I worked at the premier legal center for women in Africa
-I rode a bus to a sleepy beach town in Mozambique and almost drowned in the Ocean
-I witnessed my best friend marry the man of her dreams in Paris
-I finally lost these 15 pounds stopping me from fitting into my leather pencil skirt
-I finished my graduate course work at Georgetown
-I got rid of my ex-boyfriend baggage once and for all
-I slept on the floor of the Dubai airport 5 times
-I finally visited beautiful Ethiopia and now see why Ethiopians are some of the proudest people in the world
-I experienced backpacking for the first time and got my iPod stolen in Kenya
-I hosted some of my best friends in South Africa for their first time on the beautiful continent
-I experienced the beauty of Table Mountain and flying by the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
-I discovered that Nairobi is hands down one of my favorite cities in the world, and that feeding Giraffes stresses me out
-I realized how little I need to be happy
-I welcomed a second niece into my heart
-I met my Zimbabwean soul mate in Cape Town
-I spent the holidays in my beautiful Abidjan with the best people I know in the best place I’ve ever experienced
-I navigated the narrow allies of Stone Town Zanzibar and found the most beautiful beach in the world
-I rode a boat to Dar es Salaam Tanzania without getting robbed or sea sick
-I witnessed my big brother marry the perfect woman
-I finally figured out men…they do what they want, when they want, just gotta find the one that wants to put you first.
-I rediscovered the beauty and excitement of being young in the District of Columbia
-I turned 25.
I thank god everyday for my life and the people in it, and my guardian angel of course.
