Well first off, I feel like its going to be a little stressful only being able to see my biological Mom for 2 month out of every six months (2 months, 4 months schedule). But I’ve come to the realization if I do the math I’m going to see my mom the same amount as last year (33% of the time).

Most of my siblings are worried about the food, but I am I super ok with it, because I’m actually not a big fan of the cheese that Americans use in everything. I also love the idea of the candy from all over the world. Since my little siblings are a bit picky about our food, we got a service called Yum Box. Once a month, we get a box of snacks from a random country(our most recent box was Thailand) and I have had some of the best and worst candy and snacks ever from that box. I’m so excited to try snacks in the countries we visit.

I am a little scared for when we go to religious places, because we are not the most respectful people. It feels like every day our parents tell us to not eat rice with our hands and stuff like that. So, to see us in a place like a sacred temple, I think we could be pretty disrespectful or insulting to their God or Gods without meaning to be.

by Roland Wade Fernweh