This blog post is a celebration of people. It is meant to celebrate their beauty, diversity, and individuality. There's not a person on this planet you couldn't love once you've heard their story. People are amazing...each with a story to tell. Each struggles in their own way. Each wins personal and social victories. Each deals with uncertainties. Each finds answers. Each faces hardships. Each triumphs. Each is different. Each is beautiful. Each experiences sadness. Each has jolts of happiness. Each yearns for acceptance. Each is accepted when we embrace and love people for being people.
Kind eyes...saleswoman in Thailand
Begging boy on the floating villages in Cambodia
look of a visionary in Thailand
Member of the school board, Elekokho, Kenya
Protective brother in Kenya
Beautiful girl in Mumias, Kenya
Family in Tibet
Uganda (I love all of their colorful dresses the girls and women wear...)
Curious girl in Cambodia
Maasai tribeswoman in Kenya
Tuk tuk driver in Thailand
Compasionate sister in Cambodia
Learn more about Bernard from Kenya and his story here:
Bernard lost his father (in portrait above) and mother from AIDS when he was a teenager. Left to survive on his own, the gift of education proved to be the key to not only his survival but to his success in life. Bernard has beaten all odds. Bernard is a wonderful example to me.
Girl at Bantey Srei ruins in Cambodia
Beautiful smile in Kisumu, Kenya
Khmer man
Mumias schoolgirl, Kenya
Playing the horn, Kenya
Khmer girl
Cambodia
Peace in Cambodia
Thailand and good food
Kenya
Tibet
Cambodia
Thailand and the floating markets
Bedouin woman in the Negev, Israel
Buddhist monk, Cambodia
Snake Charmer in Thailand
He found my stolen camera lens in the Costa Rica jungle...? Not sure. He lived in a 3X6 ft. hut on the beach in Puerto Viejo right next to our guest house. This man hails from my adventures in 2009...but because I didn't do this in '09, he made the cut.
Uganda
sleeping Khmer baby
Beautiful eyes, Kenya
Coming or going? Kenya
Tibetan school girls, Tibet
Mother's arms, Cambodia