Part of Grief.
Tonight is the first night since 20 March 2020 that I am sitting in my own living room, in my own apartment. I don't want to ever speak lightly of the difficult lessons learned in the last 16 months. I want to honor the struggles and pain. The loss was more than I have ever had before. I normally prefer to skip over the hard painful parts of memories but tonight I think it is okay to acknowledge them. I’m trying to allow the grief and loss to air so that I can appreciate what I have right now even more. I'm working at my Alma mater, Southern Adventist University, a place that I credit with guiding me to become who I am--mainly due to incredible staff and faculty. I pray I can be the same to a student. I have a part-time job creating Vision Trips for student's lives to be changed, just like mine was on my first trip to NYC in March 2002. I am enrolled in a grad program learning how to continue doing what I love better, international community development....