December 2008
2 posts
Pay It Backwards: An Act Of Coffee Kindness →
I completely admire the love for mankind in this story.
(via cakeface)
November 2008
1 post
i can not update too much at the moment. but i just wanted to take a moment to explain to all you readers (yes, the many!) what my current situation is!
on monday, my new team & myself, left denver to head to sunny…uhm…beautiful!… umm no… well.. the big! state of texas! we arrived in austin tuesday night and today we had in-processing and paperwork with FEMA!...
October 2008
7 posts
the following is a speech that i wrote in hopes to be picked to speak at our Americorps NCCC induction. i was not chosen…but i am posting this here for documentation purposes, as well as to share with you all the bigger picture of this organization and the impact it has already had on my life.
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2 weeks down, 2 weeks of training to go! we are now halfway through our NCCC training and by the end of next week we will find out our permanent teams and later in October we will find out our first project. there were quite a few moments today that nearly brought me to tears as the realization of this experience hit me, once again.
the first moment was right after we completed baseline....
September 2008
14 posts
“dis·as·ter (d-zstr, -ss-)
n.
1. a. An occurrence causing widespread...”
– disaster.
the fact that apparently the government did not grant americorps nccc the amount of money needed for their programs.
the fact that my OCTOBER 6TH start day has now been pushed back to February 2nd!
the fact that i have no idea what i am going to do with my life, when 1 week ago I had...
today has been one of those days. one of those absolutely perfect days for absolutely no specific reason at all. i woke up, ran errands, admired and soaked in the AMAZING autumn weather, taught my last swimming lesson in jacksonville, and came home. yet, there is something about today that has been perfect and i have no idea what it is.
it might just be the fact that i am now down to 12 days...
“I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...”
– Kahlil Gibran (via hrrrthrrr)
3 weeks from this moment. i will be in denver… the rest is still unwritten.
My heart is broken.
the above pictures are from my NYC visit in ‘06. The drawings are done by some of the victim’s children and they are mounted in the Subway underneath where the WTC once stood & where the Freedom Tower will one day stand.
the History channel is currently running a special entitled “102 minutes that changed America”. It is absolutely...
WatchI am beginning this blog in an effort to keep a personal record of my adventure through AmeriCorps, as well as to answer questions for the many people who are interested in this organization. I leave for Denver on Monday, October 6th and I could not be any more excited/nervous/scared/hopeful for what will come of this HUGE life changing step. The above video should give you a little glimpse into...