too short to be here, too long to be gone.

Last night tonight, so many mixed feelings over the last few weeks, hard to believe it is time to go home and hard to type with my left hand covered in fudan. I… Continue reading →

“Now I have a good story.”

I think I am now ready to share a story… enough time has gone by to change this from “bad trip” to “well now I have a good story.” I went to pick… Continue reading →

For my Mom… “Maribeth when will you post again?!”

As I mentioned before, I am working at Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in the Physiotherapy department.  The department has 3 Physio’s (physical therapists) and around nine staff who are also students and then… Continue reading →

Am I still a Toubab?

Life gets in the way now & i loose the time to write.  We are in a regular mode of school, work, language lessons, fixing the car, running errands & I keep trying… Continue reading →

Finding Peace (part two for 11/12/12)

“I think we are taking in so much from all of our senses it is easy to feel a little overwhelmed at the end of the day.  This is a busy city with… Continue reading →

It’s been a month!

It has been a little while since I have posted… but I have had some time the last few days to post a lot of pictures on Flickr and today I can write.… Continue reading →

Wolof? Let’s try Wolof.

We were sitting at the dinner table last night talking about languages and we were commenting on how diverse our situation has been here. We came up with a list of all the… Continue reading →

Rams, Rams Everywhere!

This Friday (tomorrow) is a Muslim holiday.  In The Gambia it is called Tobaski.  It is the most celebrated of all the holidays.  As far as celebrations I guess you could compare it… Continue reading →

When one door closes…

This past week has been focused on moving into our new house.  Sandy had to work hard to get the car so that we could move.  It took him many trips to the… Continue reading →

International Day of the Girl Child

October 13, 2012 I am behind a few days, but that is ok we have been figuring out life here… Let me see if I can catch you up in one paragraph! Wed,… Continue reading →