As I look back over the pages of this blog, I realize that I have yet to write about my personal journey Christ-following in regards to our decision to move to Thailand to help combat child prostitution. Now that we are facing the messy piles of miscellaneous stuff and starting to say our hard goodbyes, [...]
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As I begin to trudge through the hard goodbyes, the loss of this place I’ve called home for nearly five years, the closing of this chapter of our lives, I sometimes feel like I’d rather just bury my head in the sand . . . or snow. (I promise, they were doing this on their own yesterday [...]
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My amazing friend Amanda who lives in NC asked me last week what my house looked like these days, so I figured I would post a few pictures of the chaos at the Parker household. In exactly two weeks from today, we will be boarding a plane for Thailand. Time is getting short, and we all have our moments of [...]
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I had a hard day today. Disappointment. Miscommunication. Delays. Other than a super-cute new haircut (thanks, MB), things were a disaster. The chaos of moving overseas mixed with the weariness of parenting sick children left me feeling like I began the day, behind. The list seemed overwhelming and the plan for the morning became quickly skewed by errands [...]
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What things would you pack if you had to cram everything you could keep in six suitcases? What items would make the cut? Would it be the clothes? The pictures of the kids? Your toddler’s favorite stuffed animals? Well-worn and read-again books? As we have been doing research about our move to Thailand, we are discovering that [...]
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“My stomach hurts,” she mumbled. For the second day in a row, my six-year-old was complaining of stomach aches–but only when my attention was needed someplace other than her direction. My gut instinct as a mom was that she was making herself feel physically sick, as a way of dealing with the increased stress in [...]
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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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