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I’ve put off writing this post for awhile now. I’ve been thinking about what I want to say pretty much since I decided to take a repatriation flight home, but actually sitting and writing it has felt too hard. For at least a few weeks before the flight was announced, I felt like I wouldContinue reading “You’ll be in my heart”

When I decided to come to Sierra Leone, I had no idea that this incredible country would hold such an intense, deeper meaning for me. I had no idea it would gently push me to look at my past and connect me to pieces of it that I’ve tried so hard to hold at arms’Continue reading “No matter what happens, with you I’ll stay”

Spoiler alert: I don’t think sensitivity is a bad thing. It’s actually served me very well in nannying, working with animals, and leading students on outdoor and international trips. When I’ve used it well, sensitivity has helped me create incredibly meaningful and significant connections in relationships. I’m still working on managing it, but I haveContinue reading ““Too Sensitive””

As of Saturday night, we are on lockdown round 2. This time, we are planning to go for at least 2 weeks, meaning that there is still over a week to go at minimum. This time has come with new challenges, anxieties, and stressors. I’ve still been struggling with accepting that I don’t know whenContinue reading “Holding Both”

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses Lao Tzu I seriously feel like a million years go by between posts. So much happens on any given day that I guess that makes sense. First of all (and probably most interesting): Nelio is doing incredibly.Continue reading “Tears of Happiness”

Don’t forget that every single one of you makes a difference every single day and that you have a choice in what kind of difference that is. Jane Goodall I think my feelings about this week can be summed up with some random tweet I saw awhile back: “what a year this week has been”.Continue reading “Love in the Time of Corona”

It’s now been over 2 weeks since I arrived back in Sierra Leone and I have finally, FINALLY been released from quarantine. The past few days have been my first chance to just be a normal, fully functioning person here and it’s been so so great. But it’s also felt a little weird that I’mContinue reading “Finally Free”

This post comes to you straight from the same room I’ve been in almost exclusively for the past ~4 days. I’m also writing more out of boredom rather than having something to write about, so apologies. Basically, I came down with a cold almost immediately after I got back to the sanctuary. I’ve been prettyContinue reading “Ramblings from Quarantine”

I never thought I could be one of those people that posts extremely vulnerable, personal content on social media. I never thought I would want to be that person either. I have held on so tightly to my eating disorder, been so private about it for years and been so, so selective in choosing theContinue reading “Thoughts on being there”