Liz Ortiz

It was the first of October, a beautiful and sunny day. My mom had the day off and suggested that we go to the beach. When you live in Michigan and have a warm sunny day in October, you need to take advantage of it. As we walked out onto the pier and I looked out across Lake Michigan, I was taken back to a scene from my time in Togo. I was sitting under a palm tree on the edge of the beach, overlooking the ocean and listening to music on my phone. My time in Togo was almost d