Alpacas & Swiffer
Did you read about Mercy Project last week? Go read it, if you haven’t. Important stuff, y’all. Alpacas Have you ever seen someone and thought, “You’re the kind of person who would kidnap me and wear my skin?” Our shuttle driver yesterday was that man and I was 99.9% sure he was going to kill me and dump Beckett. [Related: I may watch too many crime shows.] We met some friends at a big festival here and got to meet an alpaca named Benny. All in a Thursday’s work, y’all. (The festival is huge so parking is 1 mile away, hence the shuttle driver who makes and wears skin suits.…
A Girl and her Prince
It’s funny how some things in life are universal. Each culture, gender, religion, race…some things just work everywhere. Smiles. Weddings. Love. Laughter. Babies. Nature. Chocolate. Everyone loves those things. I think fairy tales are pretty universal, too. One dashing young hero + one maiden in distress + one incredible rescue = true love. Who doesn’t love a story like that? I realized the power of fairy tales about 5 years ago during my summer at an orphanage in Ghana, West Africa. Part of my time there was spent tutoring children who had fallen behind in school or were new to the orphanage and had never been in school before, like…
