My trip is drawing to an end😩

And while I don’t want it to end, I’m also excited to be going Home. Undeniably, I’ve attained some deep levels of gratitude for all of the greatness that exists in my life in Houston. I have a list of some of the wonderful things about America that I particularly missed while I was gone, and these wonderful things also allow me to know that I live in the best place. Not being elitist, I’m recognizing that for me, the U.S. is the best place to live, while there are many great places that I like to visit.😊

1. Thanksgiving and Christmas at Home
2. NFL
3. NPR
4. Whole foods, HEB, Kroger, Trader Joe’s (and any other good grocery store)
5. Starbucks
6. NY Times
7. Safe drinking water – everywhere
8. Hot water in the shower
9. Every bathroom has a toilet (never a hole in the ground)
10. Melting Pot – everyone is different, so no one looks ‘different’😄
11. Wear whatever you want / go wherever you want / do whatever you want, as a woman
12. Not having people cut in front of me in line, for no particular reason
13. Smiling and greeting passers-by
14. Being on time
15. Fashion
16. Swimming pools in backyards
17. 50 unique, interesting states
18. Taxi regulations
19. Reliable, present law enforcement
20. Anthropologie
21. Crate & Barrel
22. Bath & Body Works
23. Victoria’s Secret
24. American music
25. A less-low glass ceiling than in most of the rest of the world
26. Clean streets and roads, and the ability to Recycle
27. Shaking hands as a greeting
28. Not being asked my age or political opinions by strangers
29. The Great American Road Trip
30. The Great American Novel
31. The Greatest Generation
32. Our Patriotism
33. Seeing symbols of the American flag
34. Get whatever you want, whenever you want it
35. XM radio
36. Less smoking
37. Clothes dryers!
38. Real coffee available everywhere