Hi all — Sharing my first blog post as I prepare for my Lumos move in T-11 days! Professionally, preparation these days looks like wrapping up my work. I’ve been doing a lot of interviewing, onboarding, and communication to pass…
Hello from the United States! I write this post after safely arriving home in Nashville after a bittersweet departure from Cape Town. My last days in Cape Town consisted of tear-filled goodbyes with the children of Lawrence House, rock climbing…
Before I came to South Africa, I understood that Lumos is supposed to be the bridge between who one is now and who their future self will be, but here I am, 6 months later, and I understand now that…
It has been about a couple weeks since I landed in the States, and what an adjustment it has been. There have been countless welcome home embraces by many friends and family that are already making this transition back full…
As I transition into my final two weeks in Cape Town, I do so in a country that has entered back into Level 4 of lockdown. A new variant of Covid-19 has entered the country which is now the third…
Gratitude for Take Away, Please! Even living in a city that makes life feel like vacation almost everyday, I am not immune to burnout or long days or hard days. I believe that transparency is the key to the…
The clock seems to keep ticking, even though I do not want it to. I wish I could spend another 6 months here in the most beautiful city, doing school social work with such an incredible school, exploring this wondrous…
Hello from Cape Town! In my last post, I spoke about the helping professionals that come together to create what is referred to as the village in which we raise our children here at Lawrence House. These professionals provide a…
Somehow, just like that, I have one month left in this amazing place. My original plan for my internship was to work at School of Hope and at a home for women who have aged out of foster care. However,…
Welcome to Our Village What do we mean when we use the expression “It takes a village to raise a child” ? Within my scope of practice of social work, I would refer to the entirety of a child or…