My first day at the UN, I knew my Father was with me. When I stepped in that massive room for the first time, I wanted to throw up. All that time that my Father had spent with me, flooded back. I stood in shock and awe. I had finally walked into that inner sanctum, …
It was always the same, somewhere, in the middle of a massive meeting, you would hear “well, if this doesn’t work, at least I only have 5 years left until retirement.” – wait, what? As a new officer at Foreign Affairs, it would shock me. I mean, why keep track of when you are planning …
I love books, I grew up reading at a pretty veracious speed, and used books to learn, escape, and learn another language. Here are a few books you should rediscover/reread, or pickup next time you are looking for a good read. This may have been on your highschool reading list, and you may have skipped …
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It was hot and sticky, the condensation was building on my bedroom windows quickly that water began to pool at the bottom of the windows. I could see the city outside of my windows, and the barbed wire fence around our property, were pitch black. The city was experiencing another black out. The brownouts …
I was a little miffed today, after talking to my neighbour, we somehow got on a conversation about the election in the U.S. I find myself having a hard time talking about politics lately, I just don’t want to be negative. He began to go on about how one of his close friends is hoping …
Life Lessons from a Diplomatic Father: It is always difficult for me to write about my Father, he was a force to recon with, a true diplomat to the corp. A man, who’s cancer took from this earth way too early. He was 51 when he took his last breath. I was left to ring …
I never know, should I celebrate, can I still grieve, do I hide, how does one mark this occasion? Today, would have been my Father’s 72 birthday. If he was still alive, he probably would be golfing somewhere in the world, and consulting on the side, he would never have stopped working fully, nor would …
I read this article in The Washington Post, cried. The situation is bleak, and it seems, no one is doing anything about it. I have been in several of the hospital’s in Caracas, got excellent care both in private and public hospitals, but that was over 20 years ago. Read this article, open your eyes, …
I had woken up early to finish writing a paper on British colonial history, I always had the t.v turned onto the news. I had grown up with the news on constantly, it was comforting as I sat at my small table typing away, drinking coffee. I slipped out of the room, and came back, …
