Asperger's
Rabies & Balloons… Except Not
Over dinner just now our family discussed just how wild a day we have had, and Kent asked, “Are you going to blog about this? Because if you don’t, I will!” You see, I had a peaceful, quiet extra Sabbath day of rest in mind. Today is national election day. Read more…
Congo + Culture
Fallen
Yesterday at church we heard a fascinating take on the Fall. There were several points that stuck in my head – maybe you will also find them thought-provoking: – All in the Family: From an African perspective, family relationships define most everything and the terms, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc. Read more…
Congo + Culture
The Light(ning) Side
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…
Personal
Quiet but not gone
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…
Family
Saturday Tid Bits
Thanks for bearing with the non-photo phase of this blog. I now have photos and will share them soon – for sure! I want to tell you so many things, but do not have time to write them all down right now, so today you get ‘tid bits’. Bits of Read more…
Personal
The Shouldas
Shoulda Woulda Coulda It’s easy for me to feel bound by what other people think. It just hit me this morning that over my lifetime, many people in authority over me have had plans. They feel it necessary to tell me of these plans. You should. You could. Hey, you Read more…
Personal
The Vortex
Okay, I admit it. I really have very little idea what a ‘vortex’ actually is.I think it’s supposed to be something that sucks you in whether you like it or not.Like you’re going down the drain.A wild and powerful forceon the edge of uncontrollable. Five weeks remain until we hit Read more…
Family
You Know You’re __ when __
You know you are raising a ‘missionary kid’ (MK) when your kids: … think a snow angel is something like Frosty the Snowman. … get excited about a library. … see it’s 30 degrees out and still can’t be bothered to put on socks and shoes. … always miss their Read more…
Family
On titles
Just for the record…I think I have failed to explain that we did not choose the title ‘tenfootfamily’ because we love feet. I once found this adorable family blog around the theme that they all loved coffee. Cute coffee cups artistically scattered around their lives contributed to the theme in Read more…
