Fostering Unity in Overseas Community
I had connected with a cross-cultural worker whose son was having his first birthday, and she graciously included my family on the invitation list. As I arrived with my...
Category: Life Overseas
Invisible Walls
Walls can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Walls are not just physical structures, but can be psychological and emotional fortresses erected with the intent to protect...
Created For Connection, so Why Is It so Hard?
It’s not often that someone else gets it, I mean really gets it: the frequent power black outs, the elusive balance of attempting to go with the flow and...
Arrows and Anchors
As we stand at the brink of another year, it is a little hard for me to see past this moment. I feel grateful and thankful to be here,...
A Christmas Blessing
In a year when the thrill of hope seems like a memory from another time; In a season when we can collectively understand what a weary...
The Resilience to Rejoice in 2020
There is a hashtag going around on Instagram, #thegoodlist. Some friends of mine have used it recently as a way to remember the good things that came with 2020,...
A Hug From 20 Years Ago
A week after my 18th birthday, I boarded a plane that would take me to Ecuador for a year. A picture was taken that day at the airport -...
He Is Gracious
When Velvet Ashes first reached out to me to write, I thought I would have a million words to say about anticipation. Words about how we can anticipate all...
Anticipation in a Weary World
“Can 2020 just be over already?” a friend of mine stated recently. I nodded and thought about the meme someone texted me with the heading: “If 2020 were a...
When Preparation Means Waiting
The holidays have a way of rubbing salt in the raw wounds of my singleness. While God and I continue to have conversations around the dream...
