Author: Adventures

in·san·i·ty [in-san-i-tee] noun. 1. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Disclaimer: This is RAW. UNEDITED. EXPOSED.   I can get away with it this time. This time is different. No one needs to know what I’m going through. They wouldn’t care anyways. So I’ll just hide it. I’ll hide my pain. I’ll hide my jealousy. I’ll put up my shiny plastic mask again. Here goes another wall put up! “I’m fine!” I say. That’s what you say, right? And then I wait. I wait for someone to come find me....

Mae Sai This town is near the Thai-Burmese border.  We didn’t see much of it except the bridge that leads to Burma and the Drop-In Center where we worked for the week.   There are the most amazing kids that live in between Burma and Thailand.  They go back and forth between the border begging for money.  Their parents, for the most part, are on drugs and don’t take care of them.   We spent our days in the Drop In Center.  We hung out with these street kids asthey filtered in and out of the center.  We hung out with them, laughed with...

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Simba (aka Missy): I can’t go back. What would it prove anyways? It wouldn’t change anything. you can’t change the past…(speaking to the Father) You said you’d always be there for me! But you’re not! And its because of me. It’s my fault. It’s my fault. ENTER RAFIKI! Asante sana squashed banana we we nuga mi mi apana! Asante sana squashed banana! Crazy baboon. Who are you? The question is, WHO ARE YOU? I thought I knew, but now I’m not so sure… I know who you are! Come here, it’s a secret……Asante sana squashed...

Have you ever noticed how plants grow in some of the strangest places? Take this one as an example. Somehow a seed landed in that strange little nook. That is a pretty astounding feat in and of itself. But it not only landed there, it sprouted. It began to grow. It’s roots somehow managed to grab onto some crack in the wall. The most amazing thing is the size of the plant. It isn’t some puny little twerp. It has many leaves growing off a strong stem. It has survived the elements. It has outlasted the heat. It has held strong in the wind. It has survived. This is a beautiful...

            I used to be so embarrassed by my mom. Whenever I would have friends over, it felt like she always asked them a million questions. I always felt lucky when she didn’t decide to ask the if they wanted prayer because I thought that was always extremely awkward. The worst part though was when me and my friends would be watching a movie in my room and we could hear her playing worship music on her guitar. I used to get so embarrassed. But what I really didn’t understand was why she always had so much on her plate. You could always find...