Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  --> “ Peace Corps – I joined when I was 62, it was a wonderful experience; I’ve stayed beyond my term and have been back several times. …I volunteered locally and overseas – I was a mother with 4 children and I never took a vacation for the sake of a vacation, I always had a purpose in mind. It was difficult because sometimes I had to find alternative care for the children… but if you have a purpose it is simply more fulfilling than just sitting on the beach. …You live with the level of the people there, you are with the people and help counteract the negative. For myself, personally, after the loss of my son and then my foster son, I really wanted to get into a new environment, to not have so many reminders of them around me. …It was very helpful in terms of healing from the grief.  …I felt culture shock in reverse, because [when I came back from my term with the Peace Corps] we’ve acclimated ourselves to a different lifestyle comp...