10 Things To Remember on Furlough
When we came home for furlough last spring, we came with a lot of advice, thoughts, ideas, hopes and plans. The moment of landing stateside was well...
Stopping the Stink and Finding Fresh Air
The smell of a green, old-fashioned Expo marker consumed my home office. It was all I had on hand. My husband and I had just moved back to our childhood...
When Staying Equals Transition
I do not like rollercoasters. Not at all. I’m the person who will stand at the bottom and hold everyone’s bags, glasses, etc. Granted, there are times I choose to...
The Not So Pretty Side of Leaving
I was sitting on my bright orange couches in my small apartment in Durres, Albania and broke down in tears at thought of leaving a place that I love and...
Surrendering Opportunity
I used to believe it was easier being the one who left. Maybe that was because when I first moved overseas in 2011, I did a lot of leaving. Every...
More than Dreams
We stepped off of the plane into 100% humidity in the pitch black of Halloween night in West Africa. Nothing could have prepared us for the uncertainty of our first...
The Gospel Brought to Life
I’m in the middle of packing and sorting my things for another cross-continent move. My bedroom is filled with black tubs and suitcases and my conversations with my kids are...
Checking my Changing Perspectives
I’m tired of being that girl still talking about transition, but it’s all I can think about when I think of the word “change.” So much has changed for me...
Rising Anew
The time to leave China arrived. As a person of imagery, the only picture in my spirit was darkness; a girl standing on a path unlit and shadowed....
Seeking Orientation in Transition
The only way to reorient is to admit I'm disoriented. Transition is exhausting, and I've lost count of the number of transitions we've endured this past year. I'm tired, my...
