Doing things you didn’t think were possible always carries a feeling of special accomplishment. A short recap on Kenny and my experience climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and what’s in store for me in the future. Hint: I’m dreaming big.
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Last week, I shared my time in Yosemite with an older woman full of life and high on adventure. As I wrote in a previous post, today’s story is a reminder that we never truly travel alone.
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All Puerto Ricans were affected by Hurricane Maria, but for everything we lost, we found more that we can do to make our island better. This is the final piece of the On Puerto Rico series.
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In a way, being home after Maria and having the time to experience its aftermath firsthand was a sad wake-up call. Of all the impressions left in my mind, the blue roofs were the most impactful. But what do the blue roofs mean, symbolically and literally?
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Fallen yet flowering trees. Bare mountains slowly coming back to life. While in Puerto Rico, Nature helped me understand the true essence of resurgence.
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Volunteering, the highs and lows of the spirit in distress, and an important realization: the people of Puerto Rico are by far the island's most precious asset.
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This is the introduction to a 4-part narrative on my experience in Puerto Rico as a volunteer post-hurricane Maria.
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As I come to terms with what's happened to Puerto Rico after Maria, I begin to realize we should allow ourselves to mourn to be able to move on.
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