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Hands and Feet

I’ve been at college for five weeks now and it’s still kind of surreal. The other night I was walking back to my dorm, and it hit me how normal being here had become. It reminded me of the blog…

Why?

This is from my journal. God, do I really want more? Or do I just think that I want more? Why do I even want a relationship with you? Why don’t I just live a “good” life by all the…

I am so tired.

  I’ve been home for nearly two months. And those two months exist in my memory as a blur of stress and guilt and busyness. Not that there wasn’t a ton of happiness and fun and thanksgiving, it’s just been…

A Proposal

We’re in Manzini at the bus rank, which is just this massive parking lot full of khumbis (buses). There are people everywhere trying to find a ride or selling things. As you walk in you’re assaulted by drivers competing for…

Lungelo

It was hot. Like every other day. The kids from the primary school down the dirt road were having a quasi-track meet on the soccer field so there were kids literally everywhere you looked. The boys had lost the keys…

On Death

  On Death. While waiting for public under the concrete shelter at the bus stop I imagine it falling apart, crushing me underneath. Riding in the back of a truck I can’t help but think about flying out of the…

Peanut Butter

The following is a legitimate “conversation” we had the other night. This is why five people should not spend six months straight together. This is also why I will miss my teammates like no other when we go home.  …

Billboards

      This is supposedly an ad for washing powder. You can’t help but wonder if they’re talking about more than the whiteness of your clothes though.                                       There are condom ads and condom dispensers…