IT WORKED. Why Am I So Shocked?

IT WORKED. Why Am I So Shocked?

I said in my last post that when something bad happens in the news, something that’s far away, a great place to start is to reach out to people you think might be affect by that news and tell them that you love them, without condition, without doubt. Tell them you love them. That alone is way more powerful than most people think. And then, of course, I should have known this would happen… People told me they love me.

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when you return home you notice things
culture, home culture, home

when you return home you notice things

After five days I still haven't finished unpacking. Armenia feels like a dream I keep trying to sleep my way back to. The world won't stop spinning long enough for me to get my bearings, but slowly I seem anyway to make my way through the day in this familiar and yet unfamiliar small, Texan hometown of mine.Here are some of the first things I noticed:

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