On my 36-hour journey “home”, I decided to reflect upon all that’s happened in the last six months since I’ve been in Kenya…
I took steps to have better boundaries between work and personal life by getting my own apartment in town. I haven’t had my own space since I moved out of my condo in 2013. I sought more opportunities to grow personally and professionally.
Courage.
They found a lump in my breast. It may be nothing. Or it may be cancer.
Panic. Fear. What if my mom has cancer? How is this going to work? Why am so far away? What if she dies? What if other people get cancer? What if other people die?
I calmed down then spoke to my mom on the phone. I [Read More…]
In 2012, I went to Kenya for the first time for one month assuming I would get the “volunteer in Africa” bug out of my system and move on with my comfortable life. I helped with a public health survey in a slum and that experience turned my life upside down one slow day at a time. Learn more about Humbled Warrior…
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