{"id":1042,"date":"2013-06-17T19:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2013-06-19T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T13:42:29","slug":"homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving at the Dallas airport in America was such a wonderful feeling. I had never been so proud to be an American or so proud to be back home. I had missed the freedom and the food more than words could express.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After waiting in line for over an hour to recheck our bags, a few of us sat down and had a phenomenal Mexican meal. I followed that meal with Starbucks, and it was filled with sugar and love. I was so happy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plane ride to Huntsville was short and sweet. I loved flying at night! I was so excited to see my family. When I walked off the plane and into the lobby, my family welcomed me with a huge \u201cWelcome Home\u201d sign and hugs and tears. It was great to be back and be in the arms of my favorite people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, I was terribly sad to leave the family I had formed with the other UNA students in China. We have a bond that can never be explained or forgotten. I am so blessed to have gone on this trip with such an amazing group of people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>China, you changed me, and I am forever thankful.\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1042 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/img_0541\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0541-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0541-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0541-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0541-750x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/img_0545\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0545-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0545-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0545-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0545-750x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/img_0552\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0552-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/img_0555\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0555-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0555-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0555-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0555-750x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving at the Dallas airport in America was such a wonderful feeling. I had never been so proud to be an American or so proud to be back home. I had missed the freedom and the food more than words could express. &nbsp; After waiting in line for over an hour to recheck our bags, a few of us sat down and had a phenomenal Mexican meal. I followed that meal with Starbucks, and it was filled with sugar and love. I was so happy. &nbsp; The plane ride to Huntsville was short and sweet. I loved flying at night!<a href=\"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/2013\/06\/17\/homecoming\/\"> &#8230; \/\/ <b>Read more<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":1045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[89,85,157,66,86,91,114,74,117,116,53,115],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-adventure","tag-america","tag-china","tag-culture","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-home","tag-language","tag-life","tag-memories","tag-travel","tag-usa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/files\/2013\/06\/IMG_0552.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}