still here

I'm still here.

sort of.

since the week after

my knee surgery

(for those of you who don't know,

I had ACL reconstruction surgery

the week after I returned from

Ethiopia)

i have been trying to put

together a really

meaningful

heart-felt

update.

my thoughts are not

cohesive

even to me

(many thanks to the

pain meds)

but I still have so many

wonderful stories

to share about my

journey.

but

for now just a few pictures

until i can shake the

cobwebs from my brain.

i know

with certainty that the

 tiny, rural villages

the people

and the relationships i developed
on this short

excursion

now have an

enormous 

distinct niche

 in my heart

and

in my life.

and i miss them all like crazy.

more to come, soon!