Dear friends and family, I know, I know. Tradition has been broken. You have certain expectations from our crew this time of year, and this,…
How the wheels fell off
The total truth is that if we knew exactly how and why, we would have stopped it, right? Hindsight isn’t anything close to 20/20 yet,…
A roof, a tree
We’ve moved in to our new home– a quick process, really, when everything you own is just enough to live from moment to moment.
Starting over
We knew that when we came back, we’d be starting from scratch. Knew it, accepted it, embraced it. Part of the call, part of the…
Re-entry
It was never going to be smooth, but our landing Stateside has been bumpy.
Hello, goodbye
By the time this post is published, I will be in an airplane. Again.
Freedom from Full-Tilt Parenting
We were in our late 20s the first time we parented these ages– younger, more idealistic, maybe just a bit more capable of doing it…
Marking time
One thing about time in a new place– it just flows over you, no real rhyme or rhythm, no familiar milestones to mark its passing.…
Home, making
That I can tell, there is no word for “homemaking” in Nepali. There are words for cooking, words for cleaning, words for doing a whole…
That night
That afternoon when you realize that the cranky toddler isn’t just being a pill … he’s got a fever. That evening where you have to…