Butterflies in my belly

The trip was won five months ago, and I´ve been walking around with constant butterflies in my belly and a smile on my lips when I think about my upcoming trip to Cape town in South Africa. There I will be working in an orphanage in the outskirts of the city, in a place called Athlone with children aged 0-4. The feeling is overwhelming since it´s so new and exciting, and I can imagine it will be very emotional, both ways, but it just feels so right.

So who is going on this trip then, you ask? Well, my name is Karolina and I am 28 years old. I live in Nynäshamn, Sweden with my fiancé Sean (whom I´m marrying in 18 days!) and my 7 year old daughter Julia, and I work as a care assistant for a disabled woman.

First the plan was to go on my own on this trip - but then Sean got a work offer in the same town. Funny - it must be fate! He will be there for a year though, and I for two months, although me and Julia will visit him this summer first, so we get a feeling of the place. Then she will stay at her daddy´s place in Sweden when I go down again. It can be nice to have Sean down there with me during these life turning weeks, for where else would I turn for support when my friends and family are on another continent?

Well well, the butterflies in my belly will probably turn into large African elephants in the coming months, there is a while to go though - 3 months... but good things come to those who wait...