¡Gracías!

"No one who achieves success does so without the help of others.  The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."

    It is the first day of my second week in Granada. I cannot even tell you how lucky I feel to be here. I keep forgetting that I am going to be living here until mid-December, which might be a good thing because I feel like I’m reveling in the greatness that is Granada more now than if I was thinking, “slow down, you’ll be here for almost four more months.” I just want to take this time now to thank my parents for letting me do this. Thanks to my beautiful mother, who I keep referring to as a stud when I describe her, for pushing me and telling me she will help me with anything I need. Thanks to my controlling father (kidding, Dad : ] ), for loosening up and giving this trip the okay. Well really, his words were, “we’ll talk about it when you're safe at home in December.” I love my parents! I don’t use the word “blessed” very often because, while I think we’re all blessed in so many immeasurable and uncountable ways in just our everyday lives, I think throwing it around can make it seem less special. That having been said, in this place, with the people that I’m here with, with God looking over me, and the people I love supporting me, I am so very thankful to say that I have been blessed beyond what most people dream of. My next thank you is to anyone that is at home thinking of me and wishing me a great adventure. That truly and sincerely means the world to me and it makes me want to enjoy this time in my life even more. God has blessed me beyond anything I could possibly deserve and his thank you is from the bottom of my heart. Well, I suppose I've gushed enough. Hasta luego,

Kaitlin Esperanza