Language Learning to the Rescue

Pregnancy brain is a real thing, but I thought it couldn’t catch up to me. I took pride in my sharp, dependable memory. A few months into my first pregnancy, I was working as an accountant, and a co-worker in another city called me while frantically searching for a package I sent through interoffice mail. […]

Minding Your Heart

Minding Your Heart

It was first year church history class at seminary, and I was sitting with my group preparing for a presentation. These were four of the most intelligent men and women I know, but in this moment was yet to befriend. I sat quietly, sinking deeper in my seat as they began by going over what […]

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

The Dilemma 98%. Yes, we are talking about education this week and no, that is not a test score. You see, very early in this journey called motherhood, I started researching the different educational options available to us and discovered that the public school system here boasted of a literacy rate of a whopping 98%. […]

This Week’s Theme: Tending Your Mind

Choosing the right school situation for your kids is tough enough as an expat parent, but the decisions feel especially heavy this year. And maybe the decision has been made for you, and you are scrambling to keep up with changing plans. In between ministry and paying the bills in multiple stops, feeding your mind […]

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