SO YOU MAY BE WONDERING—WHY IS CHERRY GOING TO EGYPT?

—other than for the obvious, pure joy, of it. I’m my mom’s travel companion. She’s a high school math teacher (AP Calculus and Statistics) and was invited to join a delegation of math teachers to go visit classrooms and meet teachers in Egypt. It’s all through a program called People to People Citizen Ambassador Programs. If you want to learn more about them, go to http://www.ambassadorprograms.org/. The organization was started by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

My mom doesn’t think it’s a good idea to travel alone overseas, so, when she asked if anyone was interested in going with her, I, uh, made it a point to volunteer. Egypt is number one on my list of places I wanted to go, if I could visit anywhere. It’s strange and wonderful that I’m getting the opportunity to go in my lifetime. Who knew?

I love my Mom.