A Wonderful Life

Bonjour,

So the date is all wrong. It's actually December 20th, and we're back in the States. But although we are happy to see friends and family again, we already miss so much of our life in Morocco.

More than anything, we miss our friends (and all the events to celebrate our year in Morocco, which were marked by lots of couscous and even more wine).

(I'm hoping that Lamyae and Khalil see this post and send a copy of the photo they took of us eating couscous at their home, so I can add it to the post...)

We miss our Moroccan pets, especially Stella (the cat below), Petey (the bird, also below), and Cocoa (the hamster). But Stella now has a good home with Rachida, our maid, and Pete and Cocoa live with Trish, Zoe, Nayla and Kai on the beach in Casablanca.

But saying good-bye to Stella, Petey, and Cocoa left Anna, Tommy and me all pretty blue.

And we even miss our Rabat house (although definitely not the proprietor/owner of the place),

especially our favorite reading corner by the fireplace.

When we first moved to Morocco in January, we didn't anticipate how hard it would be to leave our friends, our newly-adopted pets, our teachers, and even our house (which was a warm, cozy place, but mostly, as Tommy put it, was "home").

But I guess that's the price you pay when you become close to such amazing people and have such a wonderful experience... And we are grateful for our year.

A bientot,

Kim

P.S.: For those of you who have wondered how we got all of our stuff back, let me just say that it took a village. Planes, trucks and automobiles. And gracious friends and family.

But the result is that we were able to bring back some pretty things for Christmas presents for friends and family. (Below, a small sampling of the gifts that we have arranged to get back to the States).