Cultivated Memories from Around the Globe
“She must love her children very much. She spoils them!” said the cashier to Jeremy about me as we were paying for a few Christmas items in South Africa....
Category: Life Overseas
Discovering a Love For Cooking + Pumpkin Soup {The Grove: Recipe Box}
When I first moved to China over 6 years ago, I didn’t know how to cook anything. My greatest feat was boiling eggs to make an egg salad sandwich....
Jungle Camp’s Favorite Chocolate Cake
Before we moved to China, my husband did most of the cooking. Once I became a stay-at-home-mom or non-teaching spouse or (insert organizational label here), however, I figured it...
Choosing the Right Foods
It was our first Thanksgiving as an engaged couple, nearly 13 years ago. My husband’s family was organizing who would bring what to their massive feast. His family is...
You’re Speaking My Taste Buds
Food is a language of its own. I moved six hundred miles away from my hometown to go to college. For every reasonably-long holiday, I’d...
Neighboring in Your Culture + Hulk Muffins {The Grove: Love Your Neighbor}
It was Christmas time several years ago while we were in language school, hunkered down in a bitterly cold northern China city. I had just spent the afternoon baking...
The Power of One Decision {The Grove: The Veteran}
As I write this, my husband is in Djibouti. My youngest child is in Kenya. My oldest is in Brisbane, Australia....
Ask for God Eyes
I walked down the road awhile before it dawned on me what an odd sight it was to see a dozen dead de-feathered ducks dangling in the tree outside our...
How Have You Stayed?
I still recall my first step toward making this place feel like home. With a financial gift from friends in hand, I invested in a floor lamp and several...
Tell It To Me Straight {The Grove: Telling Their Story}
Newsletters. I wrote them for 18 years -- paper, email, and eventually some blog posts. Our organization had ‘checkers’ who made sure the content was free of grammatical errors...
