Valerie McNamara
Buffalo, NY
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Madagascar
“Perhaps imagination is not where we go to escape reality, but we where we go to remember it.” -Glennon Doyle
The Backstory
The story of life
Slideshow
Images of the memorable moments
Creatures
A zebu eating grass from my yard after a storm blew one of my papaya trees down.
This guy hung around for a while during rainy season.
B a n a n a s
These guys just exude patience
Lots of these friends around
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Voice Record
Voices and Audio
Goodbye!!!
Thank you very much
My name’s Valerie... and you?
Greeting in Antakaragna, the dialect of Malagasy I learned
Stories
The memorable moments
Great Expectations
Pre-Departure and Post-Training Thoughts
Educated
Learning to Teach
First Day Jitters
Thoughts From My Last First Day of School
Love of the Game
An Up and Down Relationship with Soccer
To Kill a Chicken
Stories of Personal Evolution
A Dance With Drakos
An Integration Story
Of Mice and Women
A Story of a Long Friendship
The Reptile Room
Another Long Friendship
The Last Battle
Harry’s End
Where the Wild Kids Are
Bring Your Machete to School Day
Gallery
Some fragments of life
Playlist
Every life composes a song or two
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