Aunties

It's the last day of November, 4 days before my big test, and I'm sick. I have a head cold, I think. All I know is I don't feel up to par and it's making learning grammar and vocabulary and kanji almost impossible at this point. Last night I thought I'd study until 8 and then hit the hay by 9. Instead I fell asleep eating oatmeal with my textbook open around 7. So I cleaned up and got in bed at 7:45...and grudgingly rolled out of bed at 6:30 this morning. It's not a good time to be sick.

You're probably reading this wondering why the title of this post is "Aunties," because so far everything has been about me being sick.

I got to school this morning and checked my phone...an email from one of my aunties. I smiled-- she read my blog, sent me an email, and reminded me I'll be home in less than 3 weeks for lots of hugs.

My aunties are special, and I'm blessed to have lots of them. My aunties bless me beyond imagination--they're like second moms. And since my mom doesn't use Facebook, they "like" my pictures and statuses. They take pictures and share them, so I know what's going on back home. These are the women who get my random questions about life (What do I do with cooked corn? How do I cook broccoli?) when Mom doesn't hear her cell phone. When my mom isn't on Skype at the right time, they'll call her for me. Now that I'm sick, I'm wishing one of them would show up at my house with hot homemade chicken noodle soup (it happened when I was in high school once--true story). But I'll do what I know Mom and the rest of them would all tell me to do--drink lots of tea, go to bed early, and pray.

To my Aunties-- You are blessings and I'm thankful for you and I can't wait to see you all in a few weeks!