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A few Septembers ago, I had the honor of sitting down with Betty Wiseman and interviewing her for a third-year writing profile. She had retired the year before I attended Belmont but her name continued to be mentioned frequently throughout…
Category Stories
The Power of Stories
Dedication: This week a dear friend of mine passed away on a trip in Vietnam unexpectedly and without just cause. This set the tone for my week. I have been confused and angry at the circumstances, and sorrowful for the…
Mental Health
This week I spent my week in psychiatry. During nursing school, I really thought I would not enjoy my mental health rotation, but I loved it. I never thought I would ever become a mental health nurse, but I always…
New Life
I have had a lot of time to reflect on this past week in the operating theater aka what we in America call the operating room. I was going to add this to my gastro post, but the more and…
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
Hello fam and friends! I can’t believe that I have been in Thailand for almost 6 weeks. The time has flown by, and if it is any indication of how fast the rest of my time here will go then…
Dawn to Dusk
My favorite part of the day is the last few hours of daylight before the sun goes down to rest, when everything seems to glow and I can have some final moments with the sun before night. Dusk is the…
Interlude
Hello Friends, As you’ve probably noticed, I have fallen way behind on my day-to-day updates. I am working on filling them in because I really want to communicate what the day-to-day is like for future travelers and any who may…
14-Hour Days, Just How I Like Them: Week 9
Well, I am pretty busy here, between working at Sinamune, working at the Nucleo, taking Spanish lessons, singing in the C.C.E. choir, and taking voice lessons. But I feel right at home, because it reminds me of being at Belmont.…
Family Visit: Week 8
This week some of my dad, brother, aunt, and uncle came to visit Quito! I had told them such wonderful things about Ecuador and they took advantage of some cheap airfare and Labor Day weekend and came on down to…
Muy Agripada: Week 7
After this week, I am more than halfway throughly time here! This week I am really starting to feel settled in. Unfortunately this week I also started feeling really sick. It started out as a bad cold but I think…