Author Archives: garretthammerel

Starting life in another area is all about the little wins. You start out with almost no wins, and you work up from there. Every day, you try to get just another win or two among all of your failures. Things like getting a pin set up on your ATM card can be monumental tasksContinue reading “The Little Wins”

Saying Goodbye wasn’t easy, for sure. With some people you would think, “was that the last time I will ever see them again?” With others, you could be confident it wasn’t, but still really sad at the lost time and proximity. Some friends didn’t get an obligatory hug and official “goodbye”. With our friend JoshContinue reading “Lots of Tiers”

We arrived at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama at 6:30 in the morning.  I hadn’t slept in a day and a half.  This was the culmination of the greater part of a lifetime of wanting to move overseas.  We finally did it.  And man, did I feel some things: excited for ourContinue reading “Simple Math”