“Oh shoot- I forgot to ask you to get chicken while you were down at the Duka earlier…” I found my friend Courtney sitting at a picnic table with about six teens watching the soccer game on the field down below. “Are you going to feed me? Because if you are, I’ll donate some chicken to the cause.” I respond as I sit down with … Continue reading Living the Dream: Breakfast for Dinner
Hi Amy, How are things going? Did you enjoy the midterm mini break? I wanted to ask you about your birthday. I have written down that it is November 5, is this correct? Do you think you would have a free evening around your birthday that we could celebrate you in the birthday club? Let me know your thoughts and if you are interested….some dates … Continue reading Birthdays are Hard… God is Good
“Miss Galloway- on that first day of school, you walked IN with spice, rocking those blue suede heels!” Yesterday, I chaperoned the 11th grade class on a day trip off campus for a “midterm” escape from campus. It was lunch time and I was surveying my options of which group of students to choose to sit with. I don’t remember my reasoning, but I picked … Continue reading Belonging
“Now, be sure to write both the error you made in your previous work, and a justification for why this new answer is correct if you want to get all of the possible points back in your test corrections. I think a lack of thoroughness is part of why you didn’t get full credit back last time.” It’s my prep period and a student has … Continue reading This is Why I am Here
5:00 pm, walking down to my classroom to grab the computer I left there,“Miss Galloway! Wanna know something?” She says. She’s not even in my class, but we’ve connected through a mutual friend- “You’ve already earned yourself a nickname.” I braced myself for the worst, totally unsure of what’s about to come out of her mouth next. “Mrs. Frizzle in disguise.” WHEW. I’ve heard that … Continue reading A Week in the Life Of…
“It looks good- but is that the real story?” A friend of mine was messaging me on facebook, checking in to see how I was doing. Her question caught me off guard. She was referencing what she has seen on social media or blog posts in contrast to what’s really going on… Hm. The real story? I think so? Social media and the internet is … Continue reading The Real Story
I am sitting here on the edge of RVA, just off of the “guards trail” that circumnavigates campus… I’ve hung my hammock between two acacia trees and am looking out over the great Rift Valley- the view? Stunning. I’ve officially been here in Kenya for 5 weeks, the last one and a half or so which has been spent here in my new home. The … Continue reading Settling In
I’ve been working on this one on and off for the past couple of weeks… finally got around to adding some pictures and other brewing thoughts… nope. This one doesn’t have any profound connections or deep dives, just some fun observations from my first few weeks here! Additionally, it isn’t a masterpiece, since I’ve been adding to it slowly, “today” is almost never referring to … Continue reading First Impressions
“So the game park is like, right there?” I asked Shel, pointing left as he drove us back from our visit to a local Mosque. “Yep.” “…aaannnnddd is there a fence keeping, say, Lions, IN the park?” “Yep, it’s about 6 feet tall.” “…aaannnnnddd is there anything keeping the Lions from jumping said fence?” “Nope. In fact, a couple of years ago, the headline read, … Continue reading I promise, I’m not Lion!
It’s June 30th and I figured I should start writing today since a lot, and I mean A LOT will be happening in the next few days! I’m sure I’ll go through, edit, and cut, but for now, let us begin! “You’ll get there and wonder, ‘Why on earth did I bring this?!?! There will also be things you wish you had brought, but didn’t.” … Continue reading A Traveling Journal
Faithful Footsteps 