- Emails from my kids.
- After the long journey from Uganda, I walked into my American office on Monday and found a delightful gift and card from a colleague whose last day of work had been whilst I was away.
- That spiritual connections remain even when our human experiences take different routes.
- Electricity! I am so very, very grateful for electricity!
- Having so many things to worry about. Life is full.
- Seeing my kids wear San Diego t-shirts. It makes the world seem that much smaller.
- That I haven’t suffered from jetlag on my last two trips home.
- Schexy sunglasses.
- All the amazing NEW peeps I met while home in Uganda this time. I feel that lots of positive things await.
- Anticipation.
- The sound of falling water. Or more precisely, the sound of landing water, when it makes connection with another surface, whether it be a body of water, a shower’s tiles, a rooftop, or a desert floor.
- The beauty of connection.
- Sandals.
- Eye drops.
- The note I discovered on my desk one morning while home in Uganda: “Morning, Dad. Coffee is ready. Just start the machine. Out for school. See you soon, Rogers.”
- That the above note now lives in my wallet.
- Progress on our latest business venture: Aidchild’s Olubugo Café. (Pronounced: “oh-loo-BOO-go,” the word that describes a cloth made from the bark of the Mutuba tree.) Opening in October. This is a partnership with the Enlightened Hospitality Group. We are especially grateful for this one!
- The warmth of the faculty at my University. In the halls, they hug you and say things like, “I miss you,” during semesters where our schedules don’t overlap.
- Being missed.
- Missing others.
- That in Spanish, to express the sense of missing someone, we say, “Me hace falta,” meaning that the reality creates within Self a space, a gap, a lack, a need, a hole.
- Learning.
- That the two news stations that had both of their cameras and mics in my face the other day didn’t air the part where I couldn’t even pronounce my own title.
- Being nervous! It means you’re up to somethin’. (To read about some of what we have been up to, click here.)
- Every single one of my kids.