Now that I am home, I am finding it difficult to fit into the day to day smuck. I have become very inpatient and intolerable of ignorant and uncompassionate people. Even going into my Hernando Wal-Mart (what better place to find morons) I am bombarded with ignorant and distasteful individuals just because of the braids in my hair. Like your "wife-beater", shorts and hiking boots when it is 30 degrees outside is much of a fashion statement?!
I dream of Belize every night and my dreams are so vivid that they pacify my longing to back there. I miss the happiness of the people, a simpler life, and the bright faces of the children I became so close to in such a short period of time.
The hard part now is raising funds for the roads in San Mateo. We have opened a bank account and are checking into establishing non -profit status. So anyone who would like to donate can send a check to me, made out to San Mateo Empowerment Project.
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I think you have given me insight into why I am irritable today. It has been growing inside of me and I have tried to keep it under control but I just want to scream. I doubt that Washington DC made it any better. Plus being tired...I caannot explain to people in Belize how different my life is here - and it is not a bad life at all - just so packed with people needing something from me that is stuff that does not seem important but I still need to fulfill the requests and it is very maddening and tiring.
ReplyDeleteWow! Wasn't sure anyone was still reading my blog, thanx Kim! Yes, it is very frustrating and difficult because those that we came back home to don't seem to understand. Wish we could just go back to Belize and forget all the other stuff that seems so trivial at times!
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