The moment we’ve all been waiting for for weeks, finally arrived last night. My baby girl lost her first tooth. It would really not be possible for her to be more excited about this step in growing up. Sheer bliss of the long-awaited James had seen it hanging by a Read more…
Just in case you haven’t followed updates on facebook… Anna did continue to improve and healed completely just in time for our long journey across Congo, Uganda and Kenya. She did amazingly well in the taxis and buses. The night before we left she downed a double serving of her Read more…
Thanks for everyone’s prayers for Anna’s health.It’s always a guessing game as to what is really going on.All you can see is cookies tossed, lethargy, fever and total lack of appetite. Which could add up to about 30 different diagnoses. Food poisoning? Flu? Brucellosis? Hepatitis? Giardia? or Deadly malaria? Not Read more…
I wake to the rolling and rumbling in the distance.1:45AM.Wondering if (hoping?) it was just something on the roof.But no, the rumbles grow.A thunderstorm approaches.The counting begins.Sheer force of the King of Nature.Silhouettes of the barred window panes flash bright light across the dark house.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Read more…
A wise friend advised me that when Anna turned 3, she would begin the ‘Why?’ stage. Why do you cut carrots? Why do we use forks? Why do I have to wear that? Why do we eat vegetables? Why? Why? Why?! I really tried not to resort to ‘Because I Read more…
After finishing this last week with tears, and after further reflection, I realized there was something more. More to say. More to chew on. When my Maasai friend hadn’t seen someone in months, he ‘greets’ for a LONG time. He ‘chews the news’. So join me in chewing on some Read more…
That old familiar friend stopped by this afternoon. Nostalgia visits often, but particularly around landmark events. Next week is the end of this school year. Ah, how much we have all learned. The end of this school year marks the end of me teaching a preschooler (I always dreaded the Read more…
I meant to title this ‘random-ness’ but mistyped ‘randomess’, and our life is messy, so I’m keeping it. Life in the raw and real with all the messy parts is life ready for redemption. The kids have just finished their homeschool assignments for today and are making quick work of Read more…
I am trying to do 10 minutes of deep pressure/holding with James each evening. I don’t always feel like following through, but he reminds me. And it’s good for both of us. It’s been two weeks and this pseudo-poem as been swimming in my head lately: He eagerly scrambles into Read more…