“How can I help the wounded if I don’t welcome my own wounds?” ~ Jose, speaking of his journey from abused child to former gang member, heroin addict, currently an addiction counselor in LA. Jose shared the story of his mother asking him as age 6 why...
Healing Through Story: The Power of Accepting Our Full Selves Each one of us is more than one descriptor. More than woman, man, straight, gay, friend, lover, sister, brother, daughter, son, activist, artist, happy, sad, survivor, teacher, traveler… We are more than...
February has come and gone. Started the month in Haiti where it was 80 degrees and sunny in the mountains of Mizak returned to the NE US where we had 15 inches of snow and temps in single digits. It reminded me of how important it is to appreciate Everything. That...
“Life is made out of creation, if you get to a place where you think there are no options you need to create your own possibilities. Even if you finish school, you need to create your own path.” Tigo, age 26, an entrepreneur in Mizak, Haiti. His motivation...
I’ve recently returned from my first volunteer trip to Haiti. It is so much MORE than Tent Cities. Haiti is BEAUTIFUL. Rolling hills, give way to terraced mountainsides as you wind round, up and down, back and forth on hairpin turns from Port-au-Prince to Mizak...
