by LaurenMarieFleming | Sep 26, 2017 | Social Justice, Travel
I don’t know how to start, these darn tears are making it hard to see the screen. Together, we raised over $800 in funds to buy goods that went directly to the people hurt and displaced by the earthquakes in Mexico. Together we supplied people who lost...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Sep 11, 2017 | Enhancing your life story., My story., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Travel
I should have expected the rain. I should have expected the cold. I should have expected the same sizest cultural norms that catered to thin people. But I was prepared for none of that, so I spent my first ten days in Mexico City borrowing chalecos from my host...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Sep 8, 2017 | Social Justice, Travel
Update September 20, 2017: Yesterday, Mexico was hit by another deadly quake, and I watched as this beautiful town crumbled around me. It was scary and traumatic, but I was one of the lucky ones: I was physically safe and my apartment was undamaged. Not everyone was...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Sep 2, 2017 | Musings, My writing., Travel
Borders are manmade creations intended to draw lines in the sand: Us vs. Them. We’re expected to choose a side and then to fight for the ones we choose. It’s all arbitrary, it’s all a social construct, and it’s all rather fucked up. I travel...
