As a young woman, I had my life planned out for several years ahead. I was nearing graduation from a three-year training program for international service and had been accepted at a prestigious college in the Boston area where I planned to finish my degree. My Summer was to be spent in a study…
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Hari Paskah
It was Passover/Easter in the Spring of 1982 in Bandung, Java, Indonesia. We had been living in this bustling Asian city of 6 million since the first of the year in order to attend language and culture training. Now it was a holiday and we decided to celebrate with some of our new friends. We…
Heart Matters
He disappointed her this morning. He was distracted and didn’t listen when she tried to talk to him about something that was important to her today. All day when her brain was in idle, it would replay how hurt she felt. Tonight, she didn’t even try to talk to him. She made sure she was…