Sometimes meeting new people in new places makes my head hurt.
I’m just trying to remember new names and identify all new faces. Its hard.

Sometimes meeting new people in new places makes my heart hurt.
I’m just trying to live the way Jesus told me to and love in a likewise manner and so I connect. And then I have to leave. And a piece of my heart stays with them. Its hard.


The kids were so excited to see us. So ready to give hugs and laugh… and just...play around.

I held many dirty hands.
I shared smiles with beautiful faces.
I wondered if it hurt them more for me to come and love and leave than it would if I hadn’t come at all.

Its hard for me to get into circumstances as such and connect myself- really connect myself and then leave. Its hard for me to become vulnerable all over again and again and again. I don’t like it. Really, I don’t.
But today, playing with the kids- just laughing, and watching and holding them- it struck me.



It hurts to connect and then leave.
But it hurts me more not to.
Those kids might forget about me tomorrow.
But I gotta love anyway.
Its what Jesus did for me.
I can do no less.




"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway."

Mother Teresa