memories
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…
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A belly dancer, the Nutcracker, and some China thoughts
Below is a selection from my journal entry from the end of China as I sat in the quiet auditorium after most of the other parents had left following the…
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The Great Wall — Adventures in Beijing Part 2
(Beijing part 1 is HERE) We were so full of excitement on the morning we headed to the Great Wall. I can’t explain it except to say that it was…
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adventures in Beijing — part 1
Warning: this is a marathon of a post. Maybe my longest ever, and that’s saying something! Probably outside of our family only my mother will make it all the way…
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Read, Write and Shine your Light
On one of our first Sundays here in China Dave and I introduced the kids to the “theme” we wanted to have for our family while we’re here. And we…
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a simple baptism in China (that made my heart burst)
On Saturday Lucy got baptized by her older brother Max. And it was one of my favorite days. I have a lot of those, I know, but I’m telling you,…
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what I have learned (so far) from being surrounded by “Tiger Mothers”
I’ve been thinking a lot about motherhood lately. Sometimes I love to put motherhood under a microscope and dissect it. And I love when I come across things that make…
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Friday Q & A — Chinese and raising “Global Kids”
Does Dave speak Chinese? Yes. He served a mission for our church in Taiwan years ago and has kept up with it relatively well with how much he travels to…
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Friday Q & A — China and how crazy we are :)
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…
