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 […]
Need a little inspiration? Need a little faith in humanity to get your New Year’s started off right? Need a reminder why we always try to make this world a […]
Okay, I know. It’s Friday, even late Thursday night in some parts of the world, but I’m busting at the seam to post some photos, so you can reap some […]
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 […]
Student-Friendly Schools: A Collective Pride Remember how I talked about my greatest pride in my blog post “My Greatest Volunteer Accomplishment of All: It Isn’t Mine at All?” Well 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 […]
Today has been one of the most difficult days for me in the classroom. I’m searching frantically for someone to talk to about my situation, an old friend in the […]
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, […]
My newest co-teacher, a 55-year old single Thai woman with a passion to learn English, drags in a phonics book taller than me into the classroom. She plops it on […]
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 […]
If I wanted to work or teach in a failing education system I could have stayed in my own country. It has enough of its own problems. If I wanted […]
This is the best burger I’ve ever had. This is the best burrito I’ve ever had. This is the most fun I’ve ever had. This is the best sex I’ve […]
Get to know the people. And I mean all the people. The backpackers jammed into hostels, the American and Australian English teachers living in Bangkok, the expats who have found […]
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 […]
We all get stuck sometimes. Often life challenges our faith in humanity. Sometimes we’re encumbered by the sad hardships and harsh realities. We forget to hold on to who we […]
This is an anomaly to me: sports day in Thailand. Now, I’m familiar with field day in America where energy-thirsty kids flood into the fields and later come home with […]
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 […]
“When you take all the […] paperwork, […] put it on the back-burner and throw out the rulebook; this is where most of the change will come from. [Teachers] are […]
I met a woman online. One month ago. I’ve never met her in my life. She asked me this: Do you think that time heals everything? This is what I […]
After hearing quite a bit of feedback from my most recent blog post I havedecided to talk a little bit about what I would like to accomplish with writingabout my […]