The Truth About Hiring House Help
She says she would like to talk to talk to me for a minute. She’s pausing at the top of the dining […]
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After 4 years in Thailand – Some Thoughts
Four years ago today we stepped off a plane into the warm muggy Chiang Mai heat and began a new chapter in […]
Read moreLove Your Enemy
Last night I had the privilege of meeting a young man who is Rohingya. His father is Muslim, his grandfather is Muslim, […]
Read moreThoughts on Marriage, sixteen years in.
2000 When Aaron asked me to marry him, he did it three times. (I wrote about the first time here.) He says […]
Read moreRainy Season Rambles
It’s so beautiful this time of year. The air is clean, and everything is green and growing and fresh. The girls made […]
Read moreCamping out in the Pink Palace
I wrote this a year ago, when we first moved into this house, and never hit publish. I was trying to take […]
Read moreWhy your friend with many kids may say no to coffee, even if she wants to go.
Leaving the house alone is always an event for me. Aaron can get up in the morning, get himself dressed, look at […]
Read moreLife is pain, Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
* For a very large part of my youth I thought the point of being a Christian was to keep bad things […]
Read moreDid you miss me?
Hi. Remember me? Can you believe I only posted 4 times in all of 2015? I let an entire pregnancy go by […]
Read moreOrdinary Miracles – Where I praise my friends
I’m sitting on my friend Cindy’s couch when Sam comes in. He’s sad because of something that happened while playing, he got […]
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