it's nice to have someone be in a place where i was before in order to remind me of the lessons i've learned that are invaluable to myself at this particular point in my life. my recent response to a friend's livejournal post, which i soon realized was almost entirely for my own benefit ( Read more... )

today my dad referred to me as a "PFC." that's right, "Poor Fuckin Cripple." no no, it's ok though because that's what my paraplegic great uncle used to call himself ( Read more... )

I was inspired by jay and anna's recent posts. so here goes ( Read more... )

current (better) answers to old questions ( Read more... )

hey, hows the med school application process going ( Read more... )

I love when I'm feeling unappreciated and someone recognizes I'm down and makes a gesture let me know I'm important to them, even if it's small, and especially when it's from someone unexpected.

sometimes you just know where you're needed.

i haven't written in a while, but something just struck me and i feel the need to write it down somewhere ( Read more... )

so friday kendra and i arrive at the airport to find that because we did not re-confirm our flights 3 to 5 days ahead of time, ethiopian airlines assumed we weren't showing up for the flight and proceeded to sell our seats. long story short, kendra was able to make it on the flight and i spent one more night in tanzania. which wasn't all that bad ( Read more... )

so today i said goodbye to st. lucia's and packed up all my stuff. tomorrow i'm going to tekua secondary school with kendra for the last day goodbye party and to take pictures ( Read more... )