These past few days I’ve been lucky enough to have my sister come visit. It was great to see her, and it made being away from home a bit easier. One of the reasons I was most grateful to have her come was that I was finally able to merge part of my life back home with my life here in South Africa. Being here and working at my internship, participating on my activist project and just learning about the many different aspects of South Africa always gets me so excited. And now, I finally had a chance to get to introduce my family to all the things that excited me about being here, and get them excited about it as well.
Having my family here was also great because it reaffirmed just how much I’ve learned since arriving here. Being able to show them some of my favorite parts of Cape Town, or introduce them so some local things that otherwise they may not have experienced was a great feeling. It was also nice to pass on some of the knowledge I learned. I was able to teach them about South Africa’s history and about their current politics, which I think is so important. I only wish they had more time to spend here so that they could get to know South Africa just as I have.
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