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Stranger
Living in a foreign country serves you with constant reminders that you do not belong. Just this week, we spent four hours in the waiting room of the Thai immigration office. Four hours. Waiting. Vulnerable. Nervously offering paperwork to officials in hopes that our passports would be stamped worthy of remaining in their country for a year. [...]
Continue reading...A Yellow Stroke
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
She paints her toenails, while I read aloud. A rare moment with just my oldest girl. I pause, to help pick out the perfect color–red is too dark, that purple too glittery, so we settle on the watermelon shade–and I broach the subject. “Ya know, Kelty, we probably won’t be here for the next dance [...]
Continue reading...The Dress Rehearsal
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Kelty had the dress rehearsal last night for her first-ever ballet recital. She was a sparkly blue snowflake and was most excited that real make-up was required. From the grown-ups who actually did pirouettes to the three-year-olds who shuffled on stage as little angels, the dress rehearsal was the place to practice. To iron out the details. To cue [...]
Continue reading...Mac-and-Cheese Throwdown
Friday, December 4, 2009
I loathe grocery shopping–especially with three small children. If I were rich, I would hire somebody else to do it. If I were smart, I would leave the kids at home and go alone, but since I am neither, I continue to endure the self-inflicted torture weekly. Case in Point. Last week as we were [...]
Continue reading...Lessons from the ER: Foreign Objects
Monday, November 30, 2009
Though this lesson was not learned in the ER, it is a part of a continuing series of things I’ve learned from my son’s broken arm. You can read other lessons HERE and HERE. Last week at our doctor’s visit to check on the healing of Cade’s arm, a foreign object was revealed. Something that should not [...]
Continue reading...Upside Down: Greatness in a Child
Monday, November 23, 2009
The following is my humble and quick interpretation of an interaction Jesus had with His twelve closest friends, His disciples, as recorded in the Bible (Mark 9:33-37, Matthew 18:1-5, Luke 9:46-48) “Who’s the greatest?” they argue. And the answers begin to fly around with convicted argument. The most popular. The one with the biggest boats and the most [...]
Continue reading...Thailand: Our Road in the Jungle
Saturday, November 14, 2009
“I have two daughters. I would do anything to protect them, anything. And I can’t imagine being powerless to do that, as a father. And I would just hope that if there was another man who could help them, I would hope and pray that he would come.” –My husband Matt in a meeting this [...]
Continue reading...From Soup to Pie
Monday, October 26, 2009
(I started this the week before Matt left and brought it out to finish this afternoon.) The Soup. All I wanted was to make soup. Harvest soup. A unique, healthy recipe I attempt only once a year. And in the brief snatches of time between meetings, Matt took the kids outside to play so I could [...]
Continue reading...To Risk
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Last night a friend spoke some words to us about what it means to really follow Jesus and His Ways. He talked about how maybe it isn’t so much about choosing point A or point B, but maybe it’s more about being willing to risk everything for the sake of the Following. And as I think about [...]
Continue reading...Lessons From a Skinnier Woman, Revised
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Below is an earlier piece of writing that I recently revised (with the marvelous help of my friend Kelley) with the hopes of getting it published . . . somewhere. Lessons from a Skinnier Woman The Black Bikini. I was playing with my three children at the pool when I saw her—the lady in the [...]
Continue reading...WELCOME
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