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Days 42 – 48: First Thanksgiving/Meet the Family Pt. 2

By: like black butterflies September 7, 2015February 28, 2020

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November 24 – 30, 2014: The drive to Virginia Beach was excruciatingly long. Fifteen hours in a full car where my dad essentially insisted on driving the entire time. I like car trips, but this one wasn’t all that interesting visually. On top of it, Efrem and I were trying to fill out paperwork needed for…

Day 12: Meet the Parents

By: like black butterflies May 8, 2015March 7, 2020

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October 25, 2014 Throughout our two years of dating and these last 10 months of paperwork to obtain the fiancé visa, my parents still had never met Efrem. Sure there was kind of a phone call here, and a skype conversation, there, but Efrem had never come to the US and my parents had never…

Meet the Parents; or My Unexpected Language Immersion Trip

By: like black butterflies June 18, 2013March 7, 2020

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This is my third time visiting South Africa and this time I wanted to see the other side of the country; see Johannesburg. We could’ve flown, but I like road trips, so we packed up the car and made the 15 hour drive. Unfortunately, I couldn’t help Efrem drive because I can’t drive a manual…