Tag: memoir
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Going Over My Boss’s Head: How It Started
Awhile back I noticed my supervisor at work was not doing his job properly. Steve had joined our team a few months prior, and for those first few months, I noticed he wasn’t doing what he needed to do but I figured he was still learning the ropes, and I decided to give it time.…
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Planning My Wedding 3 Years After Getting Married
Last night I dreamed that it was time for me to walk down the aisle, but I couldn’t find my mascara and I wasn’t ready yet. All the guests were assembled, standing in front of their rows of white chairs on the lawn of the small vineyard, peering around expectantly. In my small dressing room…
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Do Refugees Benefit from Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 2)
What I Learned From Interviewing Syrian Refugee Families In Jordan This is Part 2 of my story about interviewing a Syrian refugee family for a UN research study I worked on in Jordan a few years ago. Read Part 1 here: Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1) In Part 1, I…
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Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1)
What I Learned From Interviewing Syrian Refugees In Jordan CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains graphic language describing Syrian war killings. Feel free to opt out and read last week’s post or my most read post instead! July 2019-Northern Jordan The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl…
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What I Appreciate About Life In The US After Living Overseas
5 Things I Loved In 2022 January 2023-Milwaukee, Wisconsin As you probably know by now, I spent the last seven years living in Jordan (with a strange, brief stint back in the states in the early COVID days. More on that weird time later). After I moved back to Boston last April, I had a…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…