Beyond the Mountaintop
My husband and I just relocated to our third country in the last two years. Each time we move, we get to travel once again on that lovely cultural-adjustment curve with its high honeymoon mountaintop that plunges down into the low culture-shock valley. From the mountaintop, the rainy season is a beautiful bringer of new […]
Despite the Circumstances
Have you ever volunteered or signed up for something that you actually had no business signing up for? Or maybe you thought after the fact, “What was I thinking? I am not qualified to do that!” Well, that’s how I feel right now. I don’t consider myself a “joyful” person by nature, let alone an […]
Joy in Every Season
I love watching the shifting of seasons at the lake in my hometown. In the summer I have to wind my way around runners and bikers and happy children on scooters. The dark blue of the lake shimmers against the vibrant greens of the grass and trees. On milder winter days, I bundle up and […]