Tag Archives: philosophy

and so it shall be

Written 16 September 2013 Today seemed like a day of opportunity. Opportunity to learn and to discover. Opportunity to understand and ask questions and listen. Opportunity to laugh and sit and come together and be a part. Opportunity to take time, to think, to rest. Opportunity to greet others and build relationships. Opportunity to workContinueContinue reading “and so it shall be”

she wakes up at six

So, here’s something. I told my host family I like to wake up early (which is true) and told them I usually wake up at six (which is not true, but I said it because I felt bad that I overslept the first morning).  They were very impressed, as my host dad wakes up atContinueContinue reading “she wakes up at six”

i have lived and am living

I’ve discovered that I love to read poetry while in Kenya.  Somewhere during my junior year, in AP English, I found the beauty which poetry conveys (although I didn’t dare admit that at the time).  During the horrendous ice storm of 2011, when I had recently returned from my semester in Kenya and school wasContinueContinue reading “i have lived and am living”

i mean the words i say

We approach as a parade: first the primary student, then the LINK teacher, Umoja Project volunteer, us.  Occasionally we greet others as we pass, speaking mostly to the teacher and volunteer as the students whose homes we are to visit trail behind, nervous and shy.  It is the home visit routine, something we do atContinueContinue reading “i mean the words i say”

i’m no expert

After a year and a half of missing Kenya more than I have missed anything in my life, I am back in this wonderful place.  I hardly have words for the joy I feel to be back amidst my Kenyan family and friends and to be in this country which I love. This morning, afterContinueContinue reading “i’m no expert”