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  the path not taken: a mother and her aid worker daughter

  Posted on August 22, 2012 by nikkimeredith in family, love of a mother, Mother-Daughter Relationships, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.

  Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,  And sorry I could not travel both…  Robert Frost “Mom, please tell me….if it’s going to be too hard on you, I won’t go.” Caitlin and I were sitting outside at Emporio Rulli, our neighborhood Italian Bakery drinking tea on a shimmering fall day. She was scheduled to […]

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  aid worker underwear

  Posted on July 29, 2012 by nikki in aid work, rituals.

  I’m at it again. Packing. This time it’s for a one-month stint in South Sudan. The conditions will be tough, I’ve been warned. Shared sleeping tents, limited electricity, knee-deep mud, two latrines for forty people. I’ve already gotten much advice from the hardened colleagues already there: Bring vitamins, Ruby shared, because fruits and vegetables are […]

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