We are half way through the semester over here in China. That is weird to me. It feels so good to be getting our bearings straight a little more each week, but it also kind of freaks me out because we have so much more we want to do while we’re here! …
Yesterday I wanted to share the raw emotion of our China decision because it was a gut-wrenching one. It is real, all that worry and concern and prayer. I want to remember that this China thing is not happening on a whim. It is something we have struggled over and prayed about for a long time. It…
I would love some input from blog readers today because we’re doing some blog redesigning around here, and I’d love to know what you would like to see more of on this blog. And also maybe what you’d like to see less of! This blog has helped me in many ways over the years You…
Let’s go back to graduation. What’s that you say? Not the right graduate? I know, I know, it’s all about Claire these days, but TODAY is that boy’s birthday. The boy who made me a mother. The boy who made my heart want to burst. And still does. The boy who puts up with all…
Claire has been helping me sort through some old pictures so that they don’t just get sucked into the vast disarray of “storage.” And there were some I can’t pass up sharing. Because if you’re a young mama and your kids are driving you nutty, remember they will be older before you know it. I…
It is a process: making a HOUSE into a HOME. And I am feeling a little melancholy as I reflect on old pictures because I MISS those spaces filled with so much. But I love the process of creating. Over and over. Because there’s nothing like creating a place to “grow” a family. We have…
For years I’ve done a “snapshot” in words at the beginning of each year (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) to describe how our family was running right at that moment in time. Because, well, it may go without saying that I am a little bit of a sentimental person. And a record keeper to a…
Happy, happy 4th…a day late! Yesterday wasn’t a very traditional fourth of July for us. We missed our friends in California where we have gone for many years. We missed our friends in South Carolina who we met up with last year. And we missed our girls! Elle is in London and my girls are…
We have a big change coming up and I don’t know how else to explain it except for just pasting in some excerpts from an email I sent to our families to explain why in heaven’s name we are doing this crazy thing. It doesn’t make any sense from a practical standpoint so I…