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So, How Was It?
“Why did you to come here?” A common question I was asked by the locals over the last 3 months. Trying to rack my brain to give them a good wholesome answer, all I could really say was, “I don’t know. I just did.” Moments leading up to the trip I remember asking myself the…
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Snuggled Up In Their Bed
As I walk into the house, I find my host parents enjoying a cup of tea in their bedroom while watching an India sitcom, all comfy cozy in their bed. “Marhaba!” (hello in Arabic) “Ah! Mesa il hare!” (good evening) they reply. “Drink something?” my host mother, Amal, asks. “Sure!” I walk over to grab…
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“I Live Next to the Terrorists.”
The time came in the beginning of February to leave Palestine, and live on the other side of the giant cement wall- Jerusalem, for 3 weeks. I was ready to get a feel for a new culture, meet our new host family, and learn more history and stories from the people of the Holy Land.…
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What the Heck Am I Doing Here..?
You know those moments where you sit and think to yourself, is this real life right now? Is this actually happening? You blink a couple of times or shake your head in a quick motion to double-check you are not dreaming and what you’re actually experiencing is indeed, real life. Those surreal moments have caught…
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The Key to a Lost Home.
To my willful ignorant American mind, I envisioned refugees camps to be very different. I thought all camps were made of tents, boxes, or anything they could piece together to make a ‘home.’ I envisioned close proximity, sleeping on the ground and it being really dusty and dirty. I imagined that kids didn’t go to…
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I Lied, I’m Actually Not In Israel.
I am not in Israel. I live in Bethlehem, Palestine. Bethlehem is not part of Israel, it is located in the West Bank, completely separated by a concrete wall, differentiating the two states. Confusing? Complicated? A little, but even being here for 4 days I have learned of how uneducated I am, or better yet,…
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Turns out, I’m crazy.
Time. Its a scary word and has its negative connotations. It can be an enemy. It can be taken away and it can be measured to be not enough. Once the decision of going to Palestine for 3 months became official, the list of what I needed to do and get done grew, and time became…
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Stick It to the Man!
I think one of the most frustrating things about the world we live in that is so easily overlooked, is at some point in time, a standard has been made for what your life should look like. A timeline of your life, a series of events has been created for how your life is believed…
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Clients Say the Darndest Things…
Working in the industry that I am requires me to have outstanding customer service. And let me tell you, I do not do this perfectly. My patience wears out, I can get short with people, and really really good at complaining. This career gives me the chance, though I do not do this well, to…
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Ready, Set, New!
Once upon a time I started a blog back in 2014. My initial reasoning behind it was to try something new, start a new hobby, and be brave by expressing my thoughts in a vulnerable way through social media. It was more for my own personal growth than sharing some humongous revelation, which never really…
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