Thankful.

Australia is so beautiful. I am so blessed to be here and to have such great family and friends to support me back home. I wake up early every morning from the sun shining through my window and most mornings I think that I am home in Michigan. Suddenly I am brought to reality by the Australian raven that lives outside my window. Through his painful screeching he reminds me that I am in Australia--one of the great wonders of the world. I don't mean this as one of the seven wonders or a single monument, but the country as a whole strikes the rest of the world as such a mystery. And I'm finding out that it really is such an extraordinary place. This country is so amazing. I am truly blessed to be here. I am thankful.