Nov 30, 2009 | Dear Diary
I often have moments when I completely forget that my Father is gone. Just a moment ago as I was meandering about online, I heard my mailbox telling me that I had a new email. The first thought that came into my head was, “maybe it’s Dad!” I often...
Nov 28, 2009 | Dear Diary
A few days ago we arrived back to Rio to a hotel next to the beach. I had planned on jumping in the waters on our return but we arrived to the hotel much later than expected and the surf was enormous and dangerous looking. There were even red flags posted along the...
Nov 23, 2009 | Dear Diary
Today we had the opportunity to take a spin around the Interlagos Race F1 Circuit, where Brazil’s Grand Prix takes place. Before we got in the race cars, the president of the Circuit took us around the track in his own regular old 4-door car so that we could get...
Nov 23, 2009 | Dear Diary
Tour Life.Everyday is the same. Everyday is different. New city. New rooms. New people. Same people. Same stuff. Sometimes there is a different language everyday. A new currency everyday. I wait for the magic piece of paper to be pushed under my door to tell me what...
Nov 22, 2009 | Dear Diary
Yesterday, November 20th, I chose to participate in http://www.iamsilent.com/TakeTheVow/ put on by http://www.freethechildren.com/ along with one of my traveling partners. A few weeks back we had both been on a retreat that requested all of the participants to be...
Nov 19, 2009 | Dear Diary
Today I woke up to an email from one of my closest friends. She wrote that she had had a bad couple of days recently, due to some unwelcome criticism from people. She was now out of her funk, but she had let it effect her for a few days. Words hurt. It took me a long,...
