Deeper Than My Feet Could Wander

"When she pushes you away that means she wants you more." Today in Sevilla, the holiday Dia de Andalucia is being celebrated, resulting in no classes for the day (cue cheers). Because of this, many people took advantage of the extra long weekend (no classes on Fridays  ever  + no school Tuesday= skipped classes on Monday), causing class attendance yesterday to be extra low. Expecting low numbers, my professor planned to watch the movie, "Won't Back Down" for my education class. It was an incredible movie (that I highly recommend)-- Here's the synopsis: " Two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children."  This movie was based on a true story and it excited me as I was reminded of the power of education and the many reasons I want to be a teacher. Upon my ar...

L ast weekend I realized how much I've taken my parents and my life for granted. Without going into detail, I listened to 17 other people share their testimonies and had to wipe away tears as I thought about my own personal life, parents and family. I am blessed. I've never been so thankful for my parent's love for each other, for me, or for our family as a whole. Both my parents love and support me more than anyone else in this world.  I didn't realize it then, but I'm learning each and every day the many things they have taught me through their example, and man, am I thankful. I've gotten to experience things many 21 year olds don't get the opportunity to do, and for that, I am so so so grateful. I finally came to the realization that me going to Honduras was probably scarier for them than it was for me, and that's saying something! Then again dropping me at the airport to go to Sevilla, Spain by myself. Although the last few weeks have had the...

Can I be honest with you? The last 6 days have been hard. I enjoy posting pictures to show everyone at home what I'm up to, but I still want to be real and raw in stating what my feelings and thoughts are in the background. I'm in a new culture, surrounded by Spanish speaking people. This can be difficult and discouraging, because most of the friends I've made and people I met are Spanish majors or minors, and I'm not! The first tour we had was completely in Spanish, and I was completely lost. I learned a lot while living in Honduras, but I've never taken a college level Spanish course. (And I've only taken a year of Rosetta Stone my freshman year of HS- 7 years ago.. (am I that old?!) I had promised myself I wouldn't get overwhelmed, and would do my very best on the Spanish placement test we had.  So yesterday, when we received the test I wrote my name and began writing... The professor approached me and said "Wait! Don't start yet!" to ...