Sticky, Murky Messes Are No Joke
There weren’t a lot of travel options in Mongolia during the early 90’s. There also weren’t a lot of paved roads, so returning from the capital city (Ulaan Bataar) to our home in Murun was always an adventure involving buses, trucks, trains or cargo planes. On one particular adventure, my dad, my younger brother and […]
Begging for Release
When my teammate and I moved to a new city in Cambodia, we had the awesome opportunity to house-sit for another expat family while they were on furlough for a year. The only problem was that we needed a place to live for the four months before they left, so we found a guest house […]
Becoming Unstuck
Stuck. The word jumped right off the page. I could have sworn that it was bold faced with a star highlighting the empty line, awaiting my name on the writing list. My heart stirred, I quickly identified with the topic. I understood it. The truth was, I was feeling stuck myself. As I sat down […]
This Week’s Theme: Stuck
Many of us found ourselves on one side of a border or another as things shut down, flights were canceled, and travel became impossible. We have been stuck in place, locations we might not want to be. While this is not an isolated story for many of us, the pain and grief of being stuck […]