Quarantine Coping

Although eventually I had no choice but to come home from my study abroad, for a time it was my decision. Even when I asked my mom and dad what I should do (read: please tell me what to do so I don’t have to choose) they left it in my hands. I had lots …

One (Gap) Year Later

This week a year ago I was posting my first blog post on Year of Uitwaaien. It's hard for me to believe that I'm the one that kept this blog up for a year. It's hard to believe that then I was moving into a community of nurses and midwives on the property of the …

Heart Stirred: Go, Give AND Receive

Hi friends! I'm super happy to be able to bring you a guest writer for this week's bonus post! A stranger whom I quickly became good friends with, Tracie, will be bringing us back to my time in Belize, the second leg of my gap year. Enjoy, as I did! Belize 2.0 By Tracie Thibault …

Learning

If you haven't noticed, there's a common theme throughout my blog and this "year off" from my education: I'm learning a lot I learned that if someone has dementia they may remember their young life better than their current one, so ask them about growing up. It's fun to compare the childhoods of different generations …

A Trip to Customs

I have to be honest with you guys. There’s been a lot recently that I haven’t been telling you. I feign dramatics but in all seriousness there always seems to be more to tell than I can put into words. Most nights I go to bed wondering, “how can it be that this morning was …

Mission Trips

I’ve been on two to four mission trips, depending on how you count. The first was to Tamara, Honduras in the summer I turned 17. Those ten days were the most fulfilling, most important, most memorable, most life-changing days of my life. They were also the hardest. I doubt any list of reminders or handy …