Going Home
On Tuesday evening one of our patients, Watee, passed away after about three months care at the Center. He was a 32 year old son,...
Nursing Thaime
My job last year in Baltimore was a teacher without a teaching degree. I like to joke that my job here in Nong Khai is a nurse without a...
Bon
My best friend here is a fourteen-year-old boy. Am I surprised? Not in the slightest actually. Working for two years at a therapeutic...
Suban
With a short toot of his motorcycle horn and the rumbling of rocks beneath his tires, the kanom vendor, who often frequents the community...
I'm No Artist But...
I used to love paint-by-number coloring pages when I was little. I loved the sense of mystery and anticipation in carefully scanning the...
Nong Naam
“I don’t want to hurt your heart”, I said to her in Thai, as she took her customary stance of arms overhead, back facing me, ready to be...
Five Years
My five-year high school reunion is this week, which means I am officially an old hag who can say things like, “My five-year high school...
Glow
There is nothing more menacing than the rhythmic blinking of a cursor on a glowing blank page, slowly reminding you with each flicker of...
Panda Friends
I have a shadow named Panda. Panda is a nine-year-old girl not an actual panda. Panda was born with HIV and has been raised by her...
King
The heart has a mysterious way of saying the things that the tongue cannot. With my very small knowledge of Thai, I have had to rely more...
