10 things about you, America! Pt. 1: Love!
Dear America,
there are some things I always wanted to tell you! To tighten our relationship in the first place I will tell you what I like about you:
1. I love how your people make me smile with their politeness every day. They ask me how I am and even if my answer is a lie, it makes me smile. And sometimes even makes my day!
2. Your landscapes amaze me every single day. You have beaches, you have snow. You have the hottest summers and also the coldest winters. You have all I want and everything I will never miss!
3. You bring so much joy to my life. Your people speak the language that I chose as my favourite, your people write the music that amazes me, produce the movies and series that make me laugh and cry, you provide the nicest gossip and entertain me like noone else can.
4. You let me be who I am! You don’t make me hide my sweatpants in my bedroom, hide my tattoos under long sleeves or make politeness feel like an illness.
5. Your food gives me comfort whenever I need it! Oreos, frozen yogurt, Burgers, Latte with Vanilla soy milk – who would want to let go of this forever?
6. Thinking about you and our future life together makes my heart bounce!
7. You brought me and my husband closer than we already were, because you are our dream, our challenge, our future!
8. Through giving my husband a greencard you made my oldest and biggest dream come true!
9. You are my biggest challenge in life so far and maybe will be the challenge of my lifetime!
10. You will be my home very soon!
Tomorrow I will tell you why you still make me struggle to accept my own decision to live with you…
XOXO, Janina
PS: Dear reader, why don’t you write that list for yourself?
Tags: America, dream, frozen yogurt, gossip, Greencard, home, husband, Oreos
May 28th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
True!
I think you mean “favorite” ; )
May 28th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Dear Janina,
actually your love-list made me think about my own feelings for this country and everything which comes with it. Although I have been living here three years and a lot of things are much more “normal” already I still agree with a lot of things you placed on your list. On the other hand I realized that a lot of bullet points got erased from my list in the last couple of years. Not every thing is good in this country, that’s for sure! (Just as an example – at work I have to cover up my tattoos, even though I have absolutly no contact with clients.)
However – everybodys dream is different and it’s the greatest gift to be able to turn it into reality…
Enjoy
May 29th, 2010 at 10:49 am
American is good i love to live there but i must say i want to live there i need some one to help me with my document. pls i beg for this i need to arrange my document, my visa, ii want to study there as a student over there i pray God will help everyone of us AMEN………
May 18th, 2011 at 5:41 am
I started reading your blog last week while I was at work. When I came to this entry I had to stop as I suddenly had tears in my eyes. I really love to live in the US as well but I haven’t been that lucky to win a GreenCard (yet!). And I’d be able to come up with quite a few points on my own for this list you made.
Anyway, I really enjoy reading your blog and hope you’ll keep on posting regularly.