Serving

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…

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…