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Impermanence
It seems like everybody these days is chasing the light. I was too. So when the shadows came, I was ill-prepared. 2019 was the year…
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We Like to Complain, Don’t We?
I’ve been living in Thailand for 1.5 years already, quickly approaching 2. My dream destination for all my life, if ever there was one. No…
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A Year of Pain
I’ve been living in Thailand for 1.5 years already, quickly approaching 2. My dream destination for all my life, if ever there was one. No…
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It Takes A Village
I never really understood the value of community until recently. As a loner, I’ve always felt the most comfortable in the presence of my own…
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Be, and Then Share
The type of awareness I need to have to work with children in the Montessori environment and beyond has been by far the most intimate,…
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A Letter From My Brother
Brother unlucky came to visit. He travelled upward of 36 hours to come and see me. And he stayed for 12 days. During those 12…
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The Things I Won’t Miss About China
Obviously, I started putting this together before I actually left China. But I left and went straight to India and completely immersed myself in that…
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The Future, the Present and the Choices We Make
I still remember walking into my classroom on the first day, the first week, the first month, and not having any idea what I’d gotten…
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China is Killing Me Slowly
And I can’t determine if I mean that figuratively or literally or a little bit of both. I just got out of the hospital that…
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A Different Language
I’ve spent a large part of the last few months of 2017 complaining about China and my experience here so far; and I am well…