Love Is in the Air

Me drinking Club Beer at Palm Casino


I have to admit--I have fallen in love. With Liberia. It's almost like falling in love with a man. He will have flaws, he won't be perfect, but he'll be the one for you. There is nothing like looking around at the faces of people that you share an ancestry with, or like talking to them in the same vernacular that people outside of your circle don't get. There is no explaining what I mean when I speak Liberian English or use Liberian phrases. There is community only. I see the areas in which I and others like me are needed to contribute to the development of the country. I see the need for our expertise and skills. When our parents were our age (20s and 30s) they went to school abroad but returned home with their newly acquired knowledge and took positions of leadership. It's time now for us to do the same. It's 2009 and maybe there is a blessing somewhere in there that has allowed us through the Diaspora to acquire a global perspective, which we must now marry with our traditional values to push our country further into the 21st century.


Not Burger King, but King Burger


Sunset at Thinker's Beach


All Hail, Liberia, Hail


Fishing boat, view from Krystal Hotel