Thirteen years ago we were confronted with a staggering statistic. 85% of international students in American universities never see the inside of an American’s home. Whoa! Husband and I were shocked and saddened. Well, we can help with that! So we signed up with a campus organization to be friends with a foreign student who…
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Empowered
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…
Happy
Cold, windy, grey day. “But it’s late Spring. It’s supposed to be warmer in late Spring,” complain my cold ears, hands and knees as I kneel in the damp earth planting squash starts. Things aren’t always what they should be. I’m thinking the weather reflects the heart-wrenching message I got this morning from…