2019-05-18
Here is a poem I forgot I had written around September of last year, after about a few weeks of being in country. I think I was really hoping to be in an emotional space I wasn't quite in yet. I don't think I really understood it at that point, but reading it now, I...
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2019-05-18
My last night with my host family my host mom Marcella said to me: “Você sempre será nossa filha.” You will always be our daughter. I often think about this. In the span of seven months, I went from a stranger to a daughter. My host families openness towards me is something I admire deeply...
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2019-05-17
Note: These experiences were very specific to my apprenticeship, if you are a current applicant please be aware it is unlikely you will have the same position as I did. It has been a whirlwind of a year, and even after a month of being back in the United States, I am just now beginning...
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2019-05-17
A series of thoughts about a series of things attempting to address the question, “So, how was Ecuador?” 1. Going home has been different for everyone, Or so I’ve heard. I’m not home yet. And at this point, I don’t know if it is really home, or just an incredibly familiar place that...
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October 4. Those of us in Garopaba got together for “Catch 2” at Karin’s house. She has a super cute, fluffy dog that stole my heart. October 8. My host family’s guinea pig gave birth to little babies!! October 25. Went to a relative’s sixth birthday party with my host family. October 31. Halloween! The...
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2019-05-17
Nos fins de semana, quando eu ia na praia, quase sempre fazia trilhas na charmosa e assombrosa ilha da magia (Florianópolis). Quando a gente está em outro país, é difícil de encontrar e fazer amizades novas. Mas eu tive o prazer de conhecer e fazer essas amizades com pessoas do Brasil. Às vezes ia sozinho,...
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2019-05-16
I have always loved to feel independent. I have been moving from places for a long time now so when I decided to spend 7 months in Brazil I thought it was going to be positive to stay in the same place for a while. I loooved after every seminar the feeling of going “back...
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