I have devoted quite a bit of time to volunteerism. For two of my three post-college years, I worked as a full-time volunteer (the third in the nonprofit sector); during college I gave my time during summers and some weekends. Without exception, I have benefited enormously from every experience both[...]
Archive for November, 2010
Wanted: Brut Strength
The first time I saw G., the nurses had called him over to break a door down. The key had snapped off in the lock of the woodshed, and we needed the wood to make seed bed frames. The second time I saw G. at the psychiatric hospital, we needed someone with brute strength to bang [...][...]
November 23rd, 2010 - 10:34 am § in Around Town, Chile
A Perfect Circle
Traveling apart from a significant other is always difficult. I’m sure many of you have experienced the challenges of this at some point or another. I had a boyfriend when I arrived in Chile back in June; a boyfriend whom I adored and who adored me. But we decided to take some time apart to [.[...]
Traveling’s Divine Perspective
A Jew, Catholic, Muslim, and atheist walk into a bar. Despite the cheap lead off, there’s no punch line. It is just the typically diverse sampling of another Friday night abroad, an amazing assembly often overlooked. It is so easy to be surrounded by our own demographic at home that we are rarely [...]
November 19th, 2010 - 4:00 pm § in Around Town
Unregistered Nursing
Give me a syringe and call me a doctor, or at least a nurse. It seems after a six dollar visit to the doctor last week, I became one step closer to my nursing degree — if I ever want to get one. The doctor asked my tonsil-swollen husband if he wanted medicine in injection [...][...]
