2019-08-30
As we were walking down the winding path of the hiking trail I found myself captivated on the ground. Focused on not tripping over long tree roots, raised sand, or stepping off the trail and risking all of the “bad things”. Including ticks, poison oak, and others. 15 minutes in I realized that I never...
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2019-08-30
I never really was a man of words or anyone words at all. I was always that quiet kid in class who did everything he was supposed to and was always compared as “why can’t anyone be like Marcus”. I hated it, I felt like the last one to do anything and felt as if...
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How does it feel to be like a fellow? How does it feel like to be hosted by a family that you have never met before? How does it feel like to have host siblings? How does it feel to learn a language and immersing yourself to a new culture? How does it feel? Considering...
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[ I have seen and thought about so many things this week that my words wouldn’t be enough. I decided to share some of it in pictures even though I also know much of what I would like to put out there cannot be easily captured or perceived. ] It is certainly hard to start...
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Life in Laguna Beach came and went with the tides. Over the course of a decade, confusion and anxiety ebbed out to sea, soon to be replaced by curiosity and zeal. The final four years showed me what I was made of deep down, but I never felt that I embodied that. You see, I...
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Senegal. The land of teranga, and the vast unknown to which I'll be plunging into shortly. It is a dive into a pool so deep I won't happen to surface from it for eight months. It looms like a titan in my imagination, its languages, customs, history, and overall presence unyielding thus far to my...
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2019-08-30
I have thought about writing my first blog for a while now and I really focused on how it should start and what I should share with you all. Perhaps, the one reading this knows nothing about me and so I wanted to share something that gives a little insight. Whatever that means. So, to...
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