My girl leaves this weekend for a month long excursion at a game reserve in South Africa, working with conservationists and learning ranger skills. This trip has been in the works for a while, and zoology and animal behavior studies come a close second behind the culinary arts for what would have been her primary field (to the point where she started with animal behavior before shifting to culinary).
She is one of the most courageous people I know. She’s following a dream, and embarking on an adventure of her own choosing and design. Sure, she’s nervous as hell, but who wouldn’t be, really? The fact remains that she is doing it. I’m proud of her, and inspired as well. She has accomplished more for herself at this point in her life than folks ten years (and more) her senior. She doesn’t seem to see it, but I do, and I strive to remind her of it as frequently as I can.
Good luck, safe journey, and all my love, Sweets. Take care, and know that I’ll be thinking of you every moment of every day.
Our boss is from Tanzania. He and his family went on a month long trip to the different wildlife reserves, granted his was a vacation, but the scenery and wildlife he captured on film was AMAZING! He told us stories about him growing up in S. Africa and it just sounded great. Good luck and God speed.
PS — there is supposedly a tree in the village where he grew up that if you pee on it you are then consisdered the village idiot. Guess what…he peeded on it. 🙂