July 20, 2017April 10, 2023cross cultural friendships, on being a recovering control freak, this life together thing 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 […] Read more
August 6, 2016April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, story of my life, this life together thing Thoughts 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 more
March 25, 2015April 10, 2023cross cultural friendships, this life together thing Together She sits across from me at my kitchen table, an untouched cup of tea in front of her, and speaks out the […] Read more
August 14, 2014April 10, 2023Celebrating Together, this life together thing 42 photos/reasons why I love my husband – Celebrating 14 years Moving overseas, they say, can be one of the hardest things to put a marriage through. I’d have to say that they […] Read more
June 15, 2014April 10, 2023Family Culture, story of my life, this life together thing My Dad’s Example When I was younger I went to one of those church leadership types of schools that had no grades and was basically […] Read more
January 31, 2014April 10, 2023the parenting files, this life together thing It’s on me He took me out for ice cream for my birthday, trying on phrases in the same way he’s trying on manhood for […] Read more
December 4, 2013April 10, 2023analyzing the ties that bind, One Thousand Gifts, this life together thing Thankful “I’m assuming you know what’s happening with Mom but just in case you don’t she’s being admitted to the stroke ward at […] Read more
November 5, 2013April 10, 2023so do something about it, thailand, this life together thing What I See We decide to eat lunch in a sit down restaurant near the border the day we renew our visas, rather than a […] Read more
August 6, 2013April 10, 2023this life together thing, we like adventures 13 years When I discovered I was pregnant last year, just as we were laying our plans for moving to Thailand this spring I […] Read more
July 2, 2013April 10, 2023birth, this life together thing Hormone Stew When you wake up from an unintentional 3 hour nap, having fallen asleep while lying down to get the baby to sleep, […] Read more