In My Own Words

Sunday, August 25th, 2019 I think an unintended, unconscious consequence of never feeling like I fit in anywhere was, perhaps, the...

"Are you happy?" he asks. And I don't know what to say. I am an anxious wreck of emotion, and I am tranquil within it all: The eye of...

For most of my life, I have based my identity around the things I do. Using my actions as the foundation for my self-definition has...

It comes. Like a guest I'd forgotten I was expecting. My hands are scrubbing homemade tomato sauce from a beaten old aluminum pot when...

I went for a leisurely bike ride this morning. I have to admit, I honestly can't remember the last time I did this is my community, which...

A few weeks back, another PCV said something to me that's stuck with me, popping into my head at least a couple times each day: Peace...

It's the last day of school... kind of. Something different here in Thailand is the school timeline. Classes have ended. The students are...

Today, for the first time since I arrived in Thailand, I don't want to be here. I have to admit, it's a disappointing way to start the...

I am constantly relearning precisely how much I don't know. I came here with grandiose ideas of what it would mean to live abroad,...

By now, I'm sure people are sick of hearing and reading about my mom's death. I would like to preface this by acknowledging that losing a...