Thirty-two years ago, around this time of year, I started work at the Casa de los Amigos, AC, in Mexico City – that was the Quaker guesthouse and social services agency there.
I would have to say that that decision, which I made somewhat on a whim in the moment, was possibly one of the most transformative decisions I made in my entire life. It changed my "short sojourn" in Mexico into a long-term proposition, which in turn set in motion the wheels that led to my mastery of Spanish, which of course influenced my continued university career, including graduate school, such as it was.
And 32 years later, a long-term resident of South Korea, I still dream in Spanish rather than in Korean – at least when my dreams depart the English-language sphere.
[daily log: walking, 7km]
