The Special Thing About Being Single and Overseas
Hannah is 27 years old and from North Carolina. She is a full-time laborer serving in East Asia. She is also a single woman....
Author: Kayla Rupp
Home Of The Brave
What is the deal with kids’ names these days? It seems the old rules of naming offspring were thrown out with cassette players, and now people feel they can name...
Absolutely Gorgeous
The guy was hot. Every night at camp, he and another guy kicked off the evening program with a skit, in which they wore ridiculously tight clothes and romance-novel wigs...
Everybody Needs an Allison
“Hello?” I said into the receiver. It was 2006, before cell phones had eradicated the need for landlines. “Kayla, hi. This is Allison.” My...
Culture Aftershocks
My husband sat at the breakfast table in his boxer shorts, reading about David and Goliath to the kids while the bathtub slowly filled for his daily soak (he’s a...
Enjoy These Tried and True Recipes
Where as I could live on brown rice and stir fry, my hubs and four hungry kids need their western food. Frankly, if I didn’t cook comfort food for...
Like Dough, We Won’t Rise Without Rest
Consider the common dinner roll. The pivotal time in the life of a roll is the rising, when it is left alone, under a cloth, in a warm place away...
Mental Illness Shows No Partiality
When I was fourteen, I faked it at the shrink's office so I could get a bipolar diagnosis like my friend Katie. Judge me if you must, but I had...
Saving Your Dreams from Martyrdom
My first job out of college was a sanitary engineering position. Yep, I was a custodian. There wasn’t anything else available, and believe me, I tried....
