How Peace Corps and Marriage Aren’t As Different as You Think
My friends and I often talk about how our Peace Corps service and marriage are so similar. “I’m married to the Peace Corps,” we’ll jokingly say. Interestingly, I can’t find […]
My friends and I often talk about how our Peace Corps service and marriage are so similar. “I’m married to the Peace Corps,” we’ll jokingly say. Interestingly, I can’t find […]
It’s a pretty simple theory: anything that whittles the world down into a smaller, more intimate and manageable size does the soul good. We regain our balance from anything that […]
I wake up in the early hours of morning light with the host family downstairs already hustling and bustling about the room. It’s not yet 6:30 a.m. but the day […]
One of my favorite cultural moments while serving as a volunteer was attending a Hindu Festival in Bangkok last October. I went with a friend I met at Saphaipae Hostel, […]
Sometimes conversations we have with others are simply conversations with ourselves. If only we heeded half the advice we give to others or gave ourselves half the love we give […]
Those who know me know that I’m rarely a woman of few words. For months I’ve searched feverishly for an appropriate medium to share my thoughts. Often times what happens […]