Picture this — You’re grabbing a burrito at Chipotle’s {oh, don’t make me jealous} and the family at the table next to you unwraps food that could feed an army, sticks straws in cokes, and then grabs plastic spoons and sticks them on their chins. Yeah, you heard me– they stick spoons on their chins. [...]
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My authentic-to-the-core husband hates praying aloud in groups so much that he typically won’t do it. Oh, he’ll sit there quietly and have epic conversations with God in his head, but you’ll seldom find him piping up and popcorn-praying-it. He thinks his talks with God are personal, and he’d just prefer to keep them that [...]
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So the guy comes to the table, and we order (in Thai) what we think is noodle soup. He rattles off a list of things we can’t understand and asks us if we want those added to the soup, too. We are thinking carrots, little bit of chicken, maybe some garlic or ginger. This is [...]
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We were driving in Friday afternoon traffic when Matt saw them, one lane over. And we’ve seen families of, like, 17, crammed onto a single scooter, we’ve driven past a mother feeding her newborn a bottle on the back of one, and heck, our entire family has taken a joy-ride around the neighborhood on it’s [...]
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Okay, so I have a child who has started to interrupt conversations all. the. time. And when she was little, we did the whole, “Put your hand on my arm and wait patiently and quietly until I am finished with my long-adult conversation and then I will pay attention to you” thing. And, yes, that [...]
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If you could write your body a letter this summer, what would it say? Something like the following? ********************* Dear Body, Get skinnier, and fast. I’ve gotta put on a bathing suit next week and that means you need to shape up and get it together, like literally on both counts. Lose the rolls and [...]
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For my American friends who read here and will celebrate a national holiday tomorrow . . . May your Fourth of July be spent in crazy-fun celebration this year. May you eat corn on the cob and apple pie till you feel sick and May you watch and wonder at fireworks somewhere– even if only on [...]
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Okay, so here are the question{s} for the week– Why do we struggle when other people succeed? Why do we criticize, judge, roll our eyes, inwardly become a little green when someone else has better behaved kids, a bigger blog following, a nicer house, the promotion at work, the opportunity, the attention, the better body, [...]
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I’ve been back in the States now for two weeks, after more than a year living outside its borders. Call it reverse-culture-shock, but here’s what I’ve observed about my homeland that I didn’t quite notice before: 1. Subway has too many choices. It’s confusing. And it’s hard to read the menu. 2. America is really clean. [...]
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Things You Need to Know, Should You Read Here, Ever, Ever, Ever, At All: 1. I am a Dork. Yeah, and I wear cheesy shirts proclaiming adoration for my husband. And then I up and Disco-Dance it in the driveway. Real cool white-girl-style, I tell ya. 2. We are Traveling the States this Summer. We [...]
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ALifeOverseas.com / LauraParkerBlog.com.
My family is living overseas in Thailand, where my husband is directing a Christian Humanitarian Foundation. This blog is the honest recording of our journey– squatty potties and all. 
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