The toughest job...

  Even if you haven’t experienced it, you probably think still you know about the Peace Corps.

  It’s two years in a foreign country. 

  You come back with cool art and hairy legs. 

  And you come home changed. 

  That may all be true, at least in part. But Peace Corps volunteers will also tell you that the Peace Corps isn’t so much a hero’s journey as it is humbling, hot (or freezing) and hard.

  If you know me well you probably know some of my best Peace Corps stories, like the one about the time I was talked in to perming my hair (not good,) or the time I found the frog in my shoe (which was on my foot,) or my real-life meet cute with the Guyanese who is now my real-life husband. 

  As an RPCV and a journalist, I have gotten to share and report on small moments from other people’s Peace Corps experiences. The result is that I think there’s a lot more out there, and I’d like to help tell them. These aren’t the stories you tell prospective college groups, perhaps, but the ones that come out after knocking back a few. 

  This is not a place for sharing tips on how to get in or how to readjust once you get out. You won’t find two years summed up in 1,000 words. 

  Instead, it’s a place for pieces of the Peace Corps. 

  A day. 

  An hour. 

  A moment. 

  I want the stories you tell your friends. 

  So, go on, then. What’s your story?