Laura Parker

Question {for God}

Today’s question is a good one.  Perhaps my all-time favorite. Just imagine you are sitting in the corner of a quiet cafe with God himself.  And you have the chance to ask him Anything.  At.  All.  And He promises to answer. What would you want to know?  Would it be about why that happened to [...]

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The Excuse

Typos that don’t get fixed. Comments that go unanswered. Videos that only half-upload. Unexplained absences. This is the fallout from attempting to blog consistently from rice fields. Internet is a commodity I have learned not to count on in this life overseas.  Wireless and speed have become smaller concerns in light of just having anything, [...]

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A Birthday (Over at {In}Courage)

If you are visiting Life Overseas from {In}Courage, WELCOME.  In a spinning world, thank you for visiting this corner of the web to glimpse into a life on Latitude 18, raising kids and loving orphans.  Feel free to subscribe to this blog and have posts sent automatically to your email or to be read in [...]

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Blind Man

We see him most every week we visit the market on a particular corner of Chiang Mai.  Shuffling.  Begging.  Fingers banging keyboard. Blind. And I wrote an article about what this certain blind man has taught our entire family which is featured over at Emily’s site, Chatting at the Sky. I’d be honored if you [...]

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Running for a Tree

Friends, I am so sorry for the abrupt two-week quiet from this site.  Let me tell you the story of why . . . A Most Important Skill.  I have never run a marathon.  In fact, running anywhere for 26 miles is not a feat I even remotely aspire to.  If I can make it through a [...]

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A Blog -Fast

“Mom,” she said accusingly, “You work at the computer too much. It seems like all you care about is working on that.” I distractedly began my list of the usual excuses, my eyes still on the laptop screen–just one more email, the fonts on the blog aren’t quite right, these pictures will only take a sec [...]

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