It has been three months since I last stepped foot on Albanian soil. Somehow it feels like eons and seconds simultaneously. So, as I...

I've been home a little over a week. It seems I've aged years in the months since I was last home. It seems the world around me has done...

I began this post mere hours before our worst fears were confirmed, we were being evacuated. Because of that, what you're about to read...

Today the volunteers that came before me are saying goodbye to Albania. I spent the weekend saying my own goodbyes and realizing some...

I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday, spewing out all of the thoughts and feelings I have had as of late in response to his...

I want to preface this post with a couple of things. This past week has perhaps been the most draining week of my service thus far. I...

I have this bracelet that I've been wearing for about 6 solid years now. It's one of those little rubber Lokai ones that are supposed to...

I woke up this morning and realized it was Tuesday, so I was due for some writing. This year, I am trying to be a little more...

This post is weeks in the writing, months in the making, so please bear with me as I reminisce over what just happened and all the...

There are some moments that bring the reality of my life crashing down on me. Most days I can go about my life happily, just feeling...

My time here has been marked with many revelations. Revelations about life, love, happiness, God, myself. Most recently though, my...

I was wondering if I would have time to get some writing done today. It has been a long few days, weeks, nearly a year really, but at...

I saw a quote the other day that said something to the effect of, if you don't change your direction, you might end up where you are...

It has finally arrived, my moment of freedom, and let me tell you, freedom is sweet. I have been living on my own for just 1 week, and I...

One of the best things about my job is that I am just literally here to say yes. I am here to nurture ideas that just need someone to...

As was probably abundantly clear if you keep up with my blog posts, I am not-so-patiently awaiting my moving date. In the last week, I...

I want to start this post by telling you that I had a beautifully written introduction when I wrote this original post yesterday. ...

I am an American. This is a fact about my life that has always been apparent. It has been so much more apparent in the past months of...

The other day I got a care package from some of the sweetest of humans back home. Among the things in this care package were two Carmex...

While I was in Athens last week, it became abundantly clear to me how much Albania has impacted me in the past six months. I stepped off...