This is not a Dead End
My earliest memories center on a journey. I like to imagine that in the era of my toddlerhood (and before my sister was born), my parents were avid road-trippers. I’ve heard stories of camping trips, seen slides (yes, slides) of my mother in a blue two-piece bathing suit, perched in a canoe with me in a […]
The Call of God
In college (before the age of cell phones) we used to leave messages for friends on dorm room answering machines. After my husband’s best friend took a short-term trip to China, he became convinced the Middle Kingdom was the place for Charly too. Matt would frequently leave messages in his deepest sounding voice, “Charly, this […]
Journeying Through Trauma
A few months ago, I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder primarily as a result of my childhood as a TCK in Outer Mongolia. Early 90’s Mongolia was not an easy place to live. Violence was normal, alcoholism everywhere, food was scarce and as a child you learn to adapt to your environment, developing […]
This Week’s Theme: Journey
The Christmas decorations are put away, special treats have all been consumed, and the rush of the season has been replaced with the expectancy and normalcy of a new year. We spent the last two weeks of December reflecting on Mary’s heart as she treasured up all the experiences surrounding Jesus’ birth and pondered them. […]