Peace Corps Week 2018: Home

I wrote this in response to the 2018 Peace Corps Week theme of “Home.” Companion photos for this story are available on Instagram: @learningaboutrice

On the wall of my childhood home, the one between the dining room and the kitchen, hung a decorative touch of my mother’s. It was a quaint wooden piece, featuring hearts and the familiar expression, Home is Where the Heart Is…

coming home - part II

This is part II in a series that will constitute the final punctuation of this blog. In case you missed it and don't feel like scrolling down, check out part I here.

Enjoy!

coming home - part I

Ever since completing my Peace Corps service and departing from Ethiopia in June of 2014, I have struggled to find a way to close off this blog. At this point, there's no sense in trying to recount the events leading up to or following my departure. Instead, my sign-off will capture part of something I could not have anticipated at that time - a return to Ethiopia a mere 15 months later. This will be my final post, delivered in multiple parts. I am currently working on starting a new blog to document my experiences, opinions, and whatever else inspires me to write. I will post a link to that site here once it's up and running.

To everyone who supported me throughout my service, know that my gratitude is unending. With that, I give you, coming home - part I.

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