In Kenya we were told that the ‘long rains’ come in Sept/Oct, which was easy for me to remember as it should be ‘fall’. Only not really. In Congo, things are similar in the sense of dry – then wet – then dry – then wet. [Cultural tangent: We have Read more…
Pronounced ‘POE-lay POE-lay’. This is a very useful Swahili phrase meaning ‘step by step’ or ‘slowly slowly’, ‘little by little’, ‘one foot in front of the other’, ‘baby steps’, ‘bit by bit’, ‘inch by inch’ – I think you get the picture. I don’t think it is coincidence that ‘pole’ Read more…
Years of searching for help and answers, in regards to the difficulties of our son, culminated in April in a diagnosis: Asperger’s Sydrome. Those of you on our newsletter list have read some about this just this week. We have left the unchartered waters of encopresis or Reactive Attachment Disorder, Read more…
I just realized I haven’t blogged in over a month. Ack! Things have been super busy since we finished school. There are a few picture finally uploaded to a facebook album if you’d like a peek at the kids and how well Joel’s birthday went. We’ve also just finished a Read more…