Posts by The Salem Explorers

The Weight of the World

(This blog was posted on ONE.org today in celebration of World Food Day) This year my husband and I put our jobs on hold, left the iPhones at home, homeschooled our four daughters and spent time looking out the window of planes, cars, trains, and rickshaws—learning life lessons that can’t be taught in a classroom.…

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From Syria to Rhode Island

(Navyn) Note: This has nothing to do with our trip, but I just can’t seem to stop writing. Below is the OpEd I wrote this week and sent to the Providence Journal. They printed a version on 9/25/15. — I woke up this morning at 6:30am to learn that my babysitter quit. My twin’s field…

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