Category Traveling

I thought I was ready to enter the refugee camp. I had heard the stories, read the news articles, and talked with the volunteers from Moria since October. I was ready mentally, but not emotionally. Within 10 minutes of walking…

“How was your trip home?” everyone asked after I returned to Georgia after three weeks in Reno. “It was good, but not what I expected,” I replied honestly. I expected to be overwhelmed with the love of friends and family…

I thought when I left for three weeks I would leave the heaviness I had been feeling for months behind, but I was wrong. Instead, it was like an additional unchecked bag that I carried with me into every airport,…