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Ukraine: The Trauma of Just Wanting to Help

On By kathyconnectsIn Health, Self care, travel3 Comments

Personal reflections from my time on the ground She’s a little girl. Still in diapers. Blonde. All wrapped up in warm winter clothing. And she’s carrying a bag of diapers almost as tall as she is. This is the image that stays with me when I think of what the people of Ukraine have endured …

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Remembering Japan – 10 years later

On By kathyconnectsIn travel2 Comments

It was a lonely plane ride. The earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 had knocked out power to a large portion of the northeastern coastline of Japan, including the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Very few people were travelling to the country where concerns of nuclear radiation leaks were high. I was one of the …

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