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...
Category: Relationships
The Importance of Being Father
I love my Dad. He has always been my biggest cheerleader, the one I am able to receive criticism from and the one who can talk me off the...
6 Reminders for Our TCKs
As a mom of three third culture kids, I find myself saying many of the same things over and over. In our home, these conversations are lovingly called “mom...
Standing on the Fence
The past couple of weeks one of the neighbor boys came over to play almost every day. Earlier this afternoon I heard him in the street and thought he...
A Pair of Old Shoes {The Grove: Marriage}
“We’re as comfortable as two old shoes together.” A quote from one of my favorite movies keeps popping into my head as I reflect on...
Tune-ups: A Lesson in Car Maintenance (er, marriage)
We met on a hot summer’s day at a dusty worksite in Mexico, 1993. He was a college hockey player from Minnesota who had recently given his life to...
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A Season for Marriage
There is a season for everything… Ecclesiastes 3 was one of my favorite Scriptures to completely blow out of proportion as I unintentionally put my marriage...
Give and Take + Curry Chicken Salad
Our first 3 years on the field were the worst years of our marriage. We had only been married 3.5 years when we left for the field, a 1-year-old...
A Time for Lament {The Grove: Singleness}
If you are a woman completely content in your singleness, bless you, sister. Seriously, go with God and change the world right where you are, and teach us your...
Dear Single Girl
Dear Single Girl: You are not lacking. Did you know that? Has anyone told you that? All those youth group sermons where you...
