Wednesday, February 9, 2011. As it stands I have been home from India for a full 14 months. My last few weeks in Coimbatore were filled with friends, my family and many last experiences in the wonderful country that I had learned to call home. Saying goodbye was hard- especially to my host father Prabakaran and my host mother Maheshwari- I had become very close with the two and loved and respected both of them immensely. Once dressed I boarded the plane and fl.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Really another year has past? I really have to get better about this whole blogging once a year. So, we have been in our house for a year now, which has flown by! We have done a lot of improvements but they have been mostly to our yard.

My host parents know me really, really well. Which must be why that one day, after getting the mail, Paula presented me with an envelope.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013. I am totally in love with Amelia right now. Her vocabulary grows every day. I love having little conversations with her. I love how polite she is with her please, thank you and no thank you. Monday, November 11, 2013. What a fun place! .

To the surprise of anyone who knows me, I am all for capital punishment. Perry did deserve to be put to death. He committed the crime and admitted it was him who did all 4 acts. Regardless of his perception at the time, he knew that killing was wrong. He did it any way. What was human in him had long-ago died. Everyone has something intrinsic to them that may or may not be desired.