Dreaming BIG for Benin again
Our cook Maurice and a delicious meal and fresh fruit waiting for us after long days
Driving… On my own… With my music… and the freedom to sing aloud to said music
Finally finding a gas station with gasoil and having a full tank again
The shocked look on the MTN salesman’s face when I’d exhausted my French and switched to English and being told I sound French
That I am local enough to know the back roads and avoid traffic
Land Cruisers that make it possible to take the back roads
When it rains it pours, everything ready to pick up at 10:00 on Tuesday and a whole morning’s success without a translator
A very helpful worker at MTN to register all 11 SIM cards and a nice espresso while I waited
Forethought to take the name and number of the guy on the street selling the cards
Cherry coke and a reminder of a great friend
Roguy and Enoc’s patience and help to get the newest car home which included fuel outages, dead batteries and a frustrated KJ
The emergency second battery on a Land Cruiser and that one time in Amanda Katie and I were stuck at Nail Attitude and I learned how to use the Battery Link button
A shower again after 24 hours without water
When a task get added to my list and checked off the same day
Roguy’s ability to translate a crucial conversation
The institution of sparkle Wednesdays on the patio because you should always have some random, nonsensical fun
The toddler at the entrance to our neighborhood and his big, beautiful smile
New dresses from a new tailor
A Sunday afternoon drive with 60’s French music and stop for coffee and refreshing conversation
Waking up to a thunderstorm
A perfect day at Bab’s Dock and very delicious food and a great book
Nine weeks until sneaky coffee
A Beautiful Wander 
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