Joy.

To be

Surrounded by lush, green, rocky beauty and a view for miles you could never have conceived of before.

Kruger at Sunset

In the daylight

 10, 20 and 30 feet from animals only read about in story books and seen in zoos.

Vervet monkey

baboon mum and babe

Buffalo

Soul animal

thats a hippo butt

impala

Singing like Maria in “The Sound of Music” on hills that remind you how pre-historic the land you walk on is.

Wrapped in the warmth of mama lib’s arms and love after fifteen months living so far away.

Surrounded by a family whose warmth, though different from the one you left at home, is no less real or authentic, and which gushes out whenever you see them.

Brushing your teeth while staring at a cloudy night sky and a mostly concealed fingernail moon, feeling the breeze rush past your face and listening to final goodbyes after a family party.

This is to be blessed.

This is to be happy.

This is to be home.

Khotso.