After two years in the US, I'm now back in Berlin 🇺🇲 🛬 🇩🇪 

Saying goodbye was very difficult and came very suddenly. At the beginning of September I received the message that my grandmother, who is being cared for at home, had stopped eating and had to be hospitalized. It was an emotionally very difficult time in many ways and I realized:

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

I look back very positively on the last two years, a journey you've been able to follow me on every week on my blog. I've learned what it means to meet people with disabilities as individuals at eye-level, and to work on their personal goals in one-on-one projects. Colleagues and residents in Camphill Communities California and Triform Camphill Community became good friends over time, and I always felt home. It was more than a job, more than a course of study, it was a real community that I had never experienced before.

I originally came to Camphill because I felt my teaching studies had not prepared me enough to work with students with disabilities. I learned a lot about it while studying Inclusive Social Development with a concentration in Social Therapy at the Camphill Academy. But I also learned how to cultivate fruit and vegetable gardens, work on a farm with cows, goats, pigs, horses, and chickens, realize theater projects, home economics, plan festivals, and organize cultural events.

I have travelled a lot in the two years: New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Hudson, Albany, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Miami, Lewes,

Los Angeles, Las Vegas & National Parks like Death Valley and Grand Canyon. 

I have written more than a hundred blog posts and shared my learnings from my daily work with people with disabilities, knowledge from my Social Therapy academy courses, and travel reports.

I also learned a lot about myself: what I'm good at, but also where I face challenges and where I can develop further. Now this journey is over, and I'm starting a new chapter. I thank all the residents and colleagues who made the last two years the best time of my life. I will be forever grateful to them. I also thank everyone who has accompanied me on my journey from afar, read my blog posts, and stayed in touch with me. 

My blog will remain online. Here you can get a glimpse into what it's like to live in a Camphill community in New York and California:

𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗿𝘂𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿.𝗱𝗲

I'll use the knowledge I've gained to help students with disabilities achieve educational success on the path to reach their dreams.I will miss friends and residents in Camphill very much and can recommend everyone to spend some time in a Camphill community – there are more than 100 communities in more than 20 countries across Europe, North America, Southern Africa, and Asia.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.