The Story of Us

  The Wild and Wondrous Story of Us -  A Love Story with a Twist   Constance and I met in 2016, both joining the faculty of The American School of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We immediately became good friends, collaborating professionally on numerous projects, and trusting and counting on each other, and simply enjoying each other’s company in this strange and challenging new land. Our friendship grew deeper as the weeks and months passed, but it wasn’t until October of 2018, when we went to Senegal, traveling alone together for the first time, that our relationship took a decidedly more intimate turn. Around this same time I was offered a new teaching position at the International School of Uganda; an offer that was simply too good to pass up. Constance tried to find a position there as well, but sadly, there were none available. So she took an offer to teach at the American International School of Johannesburg, ensuring that there would be a ...