The Answer When Shifting is Constant
For the record, I still can not drive a stick shift. When we first got married, my husband drove a little, blue Ford Festiva. It was a...
Category: Life Overseas
Laboring in Community {The Grove: Labor}
Recently my daughter-in-law invited me to be present during the labor and delivery of our first grandchild. Her mother, my son and I made quite a “labor team” as we...
[Not] Changing the World
It's not a classroom I'm used to. I'm seated at a long table, chairs gathered around. No orderly desks lined up facing a whiteboard. Instead, we're set...
Mama
It’s early morning and I hear the screen door of the back porch creak open. I instantly freeze mid spoonful of yogurt and go through my mental checklist: Did I...
When We Let Go of Comparison
I have fought most of my life for a place to belong. These battles are too often fraught with comparison. Am I like them? Do I look...
The Day I Bought a Rug {The Grove: Homemaking}
“I bought a rug,” I texted to my best friend. There was no preface, no following clarifying statement. Just… “I bought a rug.” “Wow,” she texted back....
The Routine of Relaxing {The Grove: Relax}
I probably shouldn’t be giving advice about how to relax because I’m fairly horrendous at it. Relaxing, for me, takes work. I can rarely make it through watching an entire...
When Relaxing Seems Elusive
I once heard that life overseas is a life of relentless stress. Then I moved and I knew it was true. Several months ago I told my husband I was...
Running with the Goats
I have tried to explain what it means to run in the heat. Living on the equator and near the ocean means there is no time day or night that...
Thoughts on Citizenship from Around the World
Hey friends, today we have a treat for you! We asked the Have You Seen team and the Facebook team to share their thoughts on this prompt: “What _______ taught...
