Korea just keeps getting more and more interesting. The other day, it took me thirty minutes and me banging my head on the floor 12 times to figure out how to work our oven. Also, I got a green egg at a Korean restaurant. I don’t think it was supposed to be that way and I decided it might be best not to eat it.
On the other hand, I have found that my Korean cell phone is super advanced. Not only can I handwrite my text messages on the screen, but the games on my phone are like games on the Wii! The phone is basically the controller, and you move it every which way to play the game! I thought it was so cool.
I am really liking Korea. I am slowly but surely getting settled in to our new apartment, which is also filled with fun high-tech things. But I am really missing my family in the states. It’s always nice to get to talk to them at least every other day, but nothing quite measures up to being able to call your mom when you forget the specifics on how to make a recipe but you can’t because its 3 am where she lives.
Before I left for Korea, I got a letter from my grandmother. My grandmother is the only grandparent I have living on either side, so my relationship with her is very important to me. We have always had a good relationship. When I was younger, like 5 to 10 years old, I would stay with her and Papa a lot when my parents were out of town. I remember we would always play cards together, and as she still likes to remind me, I would always cheat. Of course, my Nanny being the spry, outspoken woman that she is, would always call me out on it. And we would bicker back and forth until Papa would come in laughing that a grandmother and grandchild were fussing about cheating. But it was always done in love 
The letter that my grandmother wrote me was very heartfelt. I cherished it so much that I even stuck it in my Bible and brought it to Korea with me. In it, she said something that she has said since Rob and I got engaged in November. And this is one of those pieces of advice that I have really remembered every day and keep it deep in my heart.
She says, “always cherish every moment you have together because you never know when it is going to end.” Now, this is one of those phrases that would be easy to hear, agree with, and move on with your life. But the difference is that I know my Nanny. And every time she has said it and I have seen her face, I see her talking from her soul from 60 years of marriage. Ever since my Papa died, Nanny always loves reminiscing about being with him. And you can tell that she loved, and still does love, him and always will. You can see in her eyes 60 years of good days and bad, sickness and health, and till death do us part. You can see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. And you know that those words are worth a lifetime of happiness.
The best things in life are free.
