A Leap of Faith or Ignorance?

      Here we are. Nine forty central time on a Monday evening. Sixty-seven degrees Fahrenheit in Saint Louis, Missouri. In other words: a lazy, cool night at home. I can't believe I'm leaving this weather for St. Louis summer part two. I've signed on to volunteer in India as an English teacher. Yes, I'm excited. Yes, I'm scared. Yes, I'm packing too much.

       I suppose that after a year at home to help out the family, one's first reaction is to get as far away from them as possible. For me the perfect distance is 9,000 miles. I have my cousin Caroline to thank for that. We will be living with each other for 4 1/2 months over there and my sole mission is to keep her from adopting an elephant. Her sole mission is to keep me from bringing home my weight in jewelry. I suppose you'll have to keep reading to see if we succeed.