I'm home now. Got home yesterday afternoon, May 2nd. The most remarkable thing about home is how easy it is to get back into old routines that feel just like home. Last night, we decided to go out for some takeout, got in the car and I drove for the first time in 3 months. It felt like I never left. Waking this morning, Saturday, and going through the usual routine of granola, reading the paper, coffee and doing the puzzle - within an instant, Ghana has become so far away and seemingly so long ago.
As I tell people about Ghana, I feel a real fondness for the place. Within the short time I've been back from Ghana, I'm already looking back and seeing that that it was a very good experience - a happy time - for me. It felt great to learn and experience a new culture.
As people ask me about Ghana, I feel so limited describing it. Ghana is so different from here and so hard to explain. I struggle to explain how it was, because I want to get it right. I know it is too easy for people to think of it as poor or that the government is corrupt and squanders it's money. Ghana is a vibrant culture full of wonderful people. As much as other people try, it cannot be wrapped up in a line or two.
It was fun writing this blog. Much of what I wrote were my thoughts as I was trying to figure out aspects of Ghana. I have not gone back to re-read anything because I know it will trouble me. Often, within a day of publishing, I would learn something new that I wish I knew the day before - something that would explain an issue I had just written about. I decided the blog should reflect my contemporaneous thoughts.
Thanks to everyone who read my blog. As of May 3rd, it has been visited 627 times, which amazes me. I am grateful.
Now to work on where to go next . . . .
