I keep waiting for the perfect time to resume by blog posts... hoping that somewhere in my life I'll have all the time and inspiration to sit down and write a full explanation of what I've been doing since my last post, but there is never enough time, so I'm just going to write something, however insufficient....
As is evident, this blog has been abandoned for the past five years due to the fact that my life took a bit of a turn... Since my last post, I've purchased a house and now have two young boys (ages 1 and 3). The normal responsibilities of life, which I was able to avoid for some time, due to my full scholarship at Stetson University, have caught up with me, and I no longer am able to devote myself full time to volunteering, but I remain as committed as ever to pulling my weight as a citizen of this world, and helping improve the lives of others. I found that my model for helping people impoverished people turned out to be quite unsustainable, mostly because I was never comfortable starting my own non-profit and raising enough money to pay myself a salary. I just wanted to help other people make a difference in places like Colombia and El Salvador, which worked out great until I became totally overwhelmed by hundreds of emails from people who wanted to help, people who needed help, people who wanted to give money, etc., etc....
I'm hoping that by resuming my blog posts, this will help me to chronicle and focus my efforts, as well as provide a place to share information I come across that might be useful to others. After working for 4 years at the Watershed School as a high school Spanish teacher, I resigned last year in order to stay home until my kids get a little older and can attend school. I served as the Vice-Chair on the international board of Partners of the Americas, but recently resigned in order allow more time for targeted volunteer projects based here in Camden.
For now, one of the things I am most proud of my work on this project. More to come later...
