Tag: Jayme Rogers

• WAR

  

  Gabi, a lively lady with a smile that immediately put me at ease, came into my life about a month after I moved to Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. I met her while attempting to learn more about my neighborhood gym. While she rode the stationary bike, she translated the details of a gym membership. We quickly became…

  homegrownjournal

  June 2, 2022

  2022, June 2022, Storytellers

  Bomb Shelter, Bomb Siren, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnians, Croatians, Germany, God, Jayme Rogers, Mostar, Sarajevo, Stari Most

• Waiting for the Unrealistic

  

  “Your idea is unrealistic and will never work,” commented a classmate after I shared my paper with my grad school class in 2005. I wanted to build a holistic center that would address all aspects of health in a war-torn country or among those who have experienced trauma. Perhaps I should have been discouraged by…

  homegrownjournal

  December 2, 2021

  2021, Culture, December 2021, Faith, Guts, Neighbors, Storytellers

  Europe, Hashimoto's Disease, Jayme Rogers, Panic attacks, PTSD, Refugees, Spain, Turkey, Unrealistic idea, Waiting