Learning the Discipline of Joy
My family recently moved to France after nine years in Saudi Arabia. For good and for bad, our new home is so different from our old home. …
Dear Henry, You would be three years old today. We only got to have one birthday party for you. And even though today is your birthday, I…
We are in the middle of a tsunami right now. For the last three months I have been swimming in a flood of details. Since August we…
My dear, sweet, headstrong Henny. We are quickly approaching a year since the last time I saw your precious smile or heard your infectious giggle, since I…
This is one of my favorite times of the year. In May, the Royal Poinciana trees bloom in brilliant flames of red and orange. In South Florida,…
They tell us love is soft and sweet. It is hearts and twinkles, roses and fairy tales, and happily ever after. It is that special feeling you…
About a week after Henry died, I told my husband that I felt like God had entrusted us with a great sacred pain and that He would…
Turquoise. No, not turquoise exactly, more of an aqua. Yeah, that’s it. Or maybe blue-green? Blue-green but also transparent. Clear and shimmery at the same time, glowing…
Two years ago, in December of 2014, we had a new baby. We were staying in a condo on Panama City Beach. The beach was perfect –…
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing, as an immigrant, in a country other than that of their citizenship. – Wikipedia In…
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