I had an amazing childhood. How many kids get to say they spent the first seven years of their life in Africa? I got to visit so many different places, meet all kinds of different people, explore and discover amazing things, eat unique food and experience life on a level that many people never have the chance to their entire lives. And then...hello, Alabama. Not to say I don't appreciate our wonderful state but come on now... Zimbabwe and Johannesburg, South Africa vs Tuscaloosa, AL. Sometimes I feel like it can't be the same life, like that little girl full of wonder and passion about "her" people back home has gotten lost, or doesn't exist anymore. I'm just another good old Alabama native, content to stay here and forget about that life I used to have. But then I think about the childhood I want my children to experience NOW and I realize that zest is still there. I want them to never be okay with just staying in one place. I want them to really enjoy this phenomenal place that God created for us. And I don't just mean the surrounding states and the, wait for it, "im gonna get crazy and visit New York!!" kind of adventures. I mean I want them to go sledding in Switzerland like their mommy and Aunties and Uncles. I want them to see the huts that some people actually live in and to realize just how blessed they've been. I want them to go the clinic that their mother was born in, in Harare. I want them to see monkeys covering their car, to have a giraffe lick their window, to have to stop to let a hippo cross the road. I want them to see Victoria Falls and I want them to eat sadza and biltong. I want them to be adventurous and not afraid to try new things. I think if they've got the tiniest bit of McGlothin in them though then I don't have a thing to worry about ;) In a few years, my goal for our first "Wyatt Girl's Adventure" is to take them to Africa (obviously). Our next one after that will be Scotland (gotta see where our roots come from) and then from there maybe Japan or Korea. I want my girls to look back on their childhood and not want to change a thing...for now we'll just have to be okay with the U.S. but like I said, when you're a McGlothin you can make anything an adventure!!