Paradise

I am back. I hope y’all missed me.

It was so amazing you could not imagine. Think of the best thing that has ever happened to you, multiply it by a million and you’re not even close. I am SO sad to be back. I loved every little thing about it.

It would be crazy to try to write about all the things that happened here. It was as expected – sun, sea, beaches; but also lots of other things than expected, like going to church and developing a second family out there, and becoming a minor celebrity on the island for walking places, and climbing the volcano, and just how friendly everyone was, and going to the market, and the craziness of the buses, and going out ‘liming’, and the casino and the free drinks, and the gheckos, and the boat.

It would take forever and a day to write about it all. I just cannot describe the sense of absolute bliss I had out there. All the dark things I normally write about, they went away. They went far, far away and I was totally, blissfully happy for 8 whole weeks.

I cannot describe how badly I want to go back there and get more of a tan (I am shockingly pale considering how long I was out there for!).

I got back to England to pouring rain and freezing temperatures, and everyone was hurrying along looking miserable as sin. England is such a miserable country!! Very green and lush though, there are just leaves everywhere. It looks so bounteous!

I am hoping to hang on to that Caribbean sense of bliss and happiness for the rest of my life. I really hope I manage to stay as the new chilled me and not fall back into old ways.

They were the best 8 weeks of my life, and I thank God for giving them to me.

Praise Jesus!!