I realized that I am going to be multicultural mutt when I get back to the States. I will probably continue many things I came to adapt because I have been practicing them the past 11 months.
So don’t mind me when I:
am in my bangobi in the grocery store
start eating with my hands
carry your child in a towel around my back
walk around barefoot
sit on the floor
use many hand gestures
want to have feedback with you
crawl into your bed because I have not once been alone in a room with at least 4 other people ever in the past 11 months.
sit on your lap in a car bc that is my usual seat when crammed into a vehicle
walk around hunched over (I have never been to a country where I have not felt like a giant and things are always short)
start crying for no apparent reason
stake up my tent in my back yard for a week or so
write blogs about how interesting America is
use random words in different languages when I am talking
bargain with a store clerk for a better price
almost squat behind a tree to use the bathroom…yipes!! (I don’t think this will be a problem though since America is flourishing with bathrooms compared to other countries. Don’t get too scared to be with me)
I thank you in advance for putting up with me when I return.
I may feel a little unimportant. So you may have to put on an act for me for a little while so I will not be too depressed. I am realizing not everyone will want to take a picture with me, want my autograph, follow me around, scream with glee when they see me, run a give me hugs. I won’t hear my name every minute…….probably a good thing? (that maybe getting to my head) 🙂 It worked out well on the world race because I would want a picture with them, scream with glee when I saw them, give hugs, call them and so on 🙂
Excited to look at America with a new lens and learn from all of you! God surely does make people unique. 😉
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10
