This feels really crazy. Then again, getting rid of our stuff was crazy. Moving to Central America was crazy. Selling our “rainy day” house was crazy. So crazy started awhile back for us. But this… this flying to the middle of Ohio, of all places (sorry if you’re from there, but it just sounds so […]
Living in the world without falling in love with it
I write this as two adopting families prepare to finally go home after months of living in Nicaragua with their orphans-no-more. One of the most challenging aspects of coming home after living abroad is in finding your way back into the culture. When you are immersed in it, as most U.S. citizens are for their […]
Treasuring the Loss
When we first started planning a move to Nicaragua, I went through a whole season of purging. Oh man, was that painful. Essentially I had to look at every single item in our 1800 sq. foot house and decide what to do with it. In previous moves, there was always the point at the end […]
It doesn’t have to be itsy bitsy
Swimsuit season is upon us (or if you live in a perpetually warm place like me, it’s always with us). As a mom of teenagers, I am perpetually dealing with bathing suit issues. I once had a teen foster daughter with a rather large chest. She desperately wanted a two-piece swimsuit, but after visiting dozens […]