Saying Goodbye but Not Just Yet
In just two weeks I will start my COS conference with the Peace Corps. COS stands for “close of service” and in many ways “continuation of service,” too. A flurry […]
In just two weeks I will start my COS conference with the Peace Corps. COS stands for “close of service” and in many ways “continuation of service,” too. A flurry […]
Two months ago in July my host grandmother, Yai, stayed in the hospital for over 5 days. At that time, there was a lot of chaos and anxiety in the […]
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 […]
This blog post may seem a little outside the scope of my regular blog posts that usually consist of Peace Corps experiences or creative writing pieces, However, if you’ve ever […]
Please Click Play Below to Hear the Spoken Word Audio File of this Writing Piece: The Service of Love It’s so important for you to live And be happy in […]
Breathe, little one, just breathe. Take slow, steady, sips of water. Feel the cool sensation on your lips. Feel it roll over your tongue. You were a stranger at one […]
Each year Peach Corps Thailand welcomes a new group of volunteers. I arrived in January, as did the group before me, and the group before them. There are so many […]
You were right, my dear Chelsie. To scrub the wounds with salt, free them clean, I must dig my quill into their openings: Reckoning Follow the steady shadow of my […]
A salt soaked tear caresses my lip rolling along until it soaks into my shirt. I think of the waste, the people without the purpose and the trivial accessories in […]