Originally posted on Sunflower Sojourn:
Dear readers, this announcement has been a long time coming! Around 3 years ago, I began to write a book. At the time, it was just thoughts that I began to write down and kept adding to. I’m excited to announce that,3 years later, there’s a book! This book was…
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Food for the soul | a recipe and activity
Skye’s Splendid Soup is best if set in multicultural bowls, with refugees and Congolese friends, and eaten with deeply thoughtful people. What’s your recipe??
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You found WHAT in the library?!
Seven bizarre discoveries to make you smile during quarantine.
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Twenty things I learned before 2020
Do you agree with #14?
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Honestly, why should you support Chicago teachers?
Because they care about your children’s present needs and future opportunities. And they work their butts off to secure those things.
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What will it take to bring peace?
Communities like this one have an idea, but it takes work.
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How to Celebrate World Refugee Day 2019
Happy World Refugee Day! Today we remember and reflect upon the lived experiences of refugees as well as rejoice in their contributions. Let’s celebrate using these three R’s. Today we REMEMBER the existence of refugees, who are so often forgotten or ignored in the minds of those not suffering from the same insecurities. We remember…
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Nairobi Moments
Some moments are nearly perfect. Resting with my housemates on our rooftop, seven stories high in Waithaka, watching the orange sun set and taking way too many silhouette selfies with Kamau, is one of them. Being in Nairobi as a whole is incredible. The sun sets to the right of Ngong Hills, behind some trees…
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Do They Know It’s Christmastime?
Every December, people around the US finally allow themselves to listen to Christmas music, joining the few of us who believes in the extension of the beautiful season. Yet with the introduction of this wondrous genre to public radios comes the airing of one particularly degrading song. “Do They Know It’s Christmastime,” a well-meaning song…
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The sixth love language: food
If God is a provider, and if he has any love, he made himself clear through Eva. It was she that taught me the sixth love language: food.
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