Let the Grief Waves Come {The Grove: Re-entry}
I stood there in the grocery store produce section, crying over mangoes. They were the wrong color. I had been back in my passport country...
Category: Re-Entry
Surviving College Re-entry
I was eighteen when I returned home to California. It was an intense summer before college began. I learned to drive, pump gas, get a bank account and found...
Secure in the Fog of Re-entry
Transition is no joke. I don’t care if you’re single, married without kids, married with littles, or married with older kids. IT’S HARD. One year...
Three Truths for Skydiving
Re-entry was like jumping out of a burning airplane holding (not wearing) a parachute. Don’t get me wrong…we did everything in our power to “leave well.” I promise I’m...
The Mystery Box and Resurfaced Wisdom
A little over two years ago as we prepared to move back to Texas, we were packing and purging stuff from a decade’s worth of our life in China....
A Holiday Blessing for all who Wander
Thank you so much to those who have already given to our year-end campaign! We are excited to report we have raised $13,427.00 so far! Make sure you head over...
Content with the Way it Went
I’m finally arriving at the phase of transition of being able to look back fondly. For an entire year after we returned stateside, I couldn’t look at photos of our...
8 Practical Tips for Returning and Furnishing Your Home {The Grove: Returning}
Here at Velvet Ashes we are passionate about holding your hand as you go through re-entry, because we know what a roller coaster it can be. Most often we focus...
What I Learned From A Plateful of Whipped Cream
I came home late last evening, tired from the day. I’d gone to a worship conference designed to refuel and renew the participants. Yet, I found myself...
Shelter is Not a Thing, It’s a Person
Over the course of my childhood, my family moved three times. My dad grew up as a military brat and always thought he’d settle in one spot, but that’s not...
