Category: Re-Entry

Hope and Joy, Overcoming Obstacles, Re-Entry, Transition

Re-entry in the Cereal Aisle

May 25, 2016 21 Comments

I made one terribly wrong turn. I steered the grocery cart into the cereal aisle at our local grocery store in the States when we had only...

Hope and Joy, Overcoming Obstacles, Re-Entry, Transition

Unpacking ALL of the Suitcases

May 24, 2016 10 Comments

My eyes wandered over the piles of stuff. Boxes, bags, cords, paper, stickers, dishes, curios. So. Much. Stuff. And so little space. The storage room was already piled high with...

Community, Re-Entry, Transition

Diaspora Blues

May 22, 2016 13 Comments

I was going on my merry way, enjoying my caramel macchiato and quiet neighborhood, when it happened. I was supposed to be past the hump, right? I mean, I’d been...

Overcoming Obstacles, Re-Entry, Transition

Change: A Distraction or a Tool?

May 18, 2016 10 Comments

I am currently looking out the window in my childhood home. The last time I truly lived here was almost thirteen years ago and I was just starting high school....