by MCH | Mar 7, 2025 | Community
There’s something magical about resilience. About joy that cannot be washed away. Yesterday, I watched Angela—a woman who lives with mental illness—dance through life’s carnival, unbridled and free. Just like the legendary Lord Kitchener sang about in...
by MCH | Oct 19, 2024 | Community
When I first took my mother in, her mind was slipping—she traded her bed for street pavements and benches, roaming the streets, shouting at ghosts. Her once steady hands, strong from braiding hair and cutting cane, now trembled, lost, as if the world had become too...
by MCH | Oct 14, 2024 | Community
Being a primary caregiver and a first-year law student means using hope to navigate prejudice, lack of resources, and challenges I never knew existed until I had a duty to care for.But I keep showing up. Consistently choosing hope over hardship.The hallmark of...
by MCH | Oct 5, 2024 | Community
From rough path to smooth pavementfrom open air to university classroomshe earns wisdom by degree.
by MCH | Oct 3, 2024 | Community
Rows of vibrant fruits and vegetables stretch under the canopy, the air thick with the scent of fresh herbs and mountain breeze. Vendors call out greetings, their laughter Pumpkin $5.00 dollar a lb Hands exchange firm bananas for soft, while children dart between...
by MCH | Jul 20, 2024 | Community
Self abandonment comes up as a problem for people when they come from backgrounds where safety is a more critical issue than authenticity. So, I intentionally take myself out one day a week.Self-abandonment in caregiving: The paradox of security-seeking...