One of my kids’ favorite books growing up was the story of little nut brown hare in Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram. Today’s daily prompt, Come Fly with Me, reminded me of two things: 1) That story and (2)The story of my daughter. The prompt suggests sharing a…
“After we come to the realization that we are traveling down the wrong road we have to . . . look around for things to get us back on the correct road. Not seeing any, we have to backtrack working through the things we’ve just traveled through and reacquire our bearings to continue down the correct…
Children mistakenly think: “I wish I were already a grown-up so I could be done with school and learning!” Once they grow up, especially if they are wise, they learn that learning never ends. Today, thanks to a Freshly Pressed post on WordPress, I learned a new vocabulary word–deracinate. Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and transracial adoptees …
Our car started steaming or smoking and then quickly stopped running, as we coasted to the bottom of a hill in the middle of nowhere in particular, with nobody around, and no cell signal. I usually do not have time to write something for the daily writing prompts, but the daily prompt for today called…
“Mom, are we there yet?” If you are a mom of a child of speaking age, you have probably heard this more than you can count. I know about long journeys all too well. I’ve been on really long trans-Atlantic flights. I’ve taken cross-country road trips lasting a couple of weeks. I’ve been on ferryboats…
Love that surpasses knowledge! Walking the streets of Ephesus, Turkey, gives a great visual to me as I read through Paul’s letters to the churches (particularly his letter to the Ephesians).
Today is my husband’s 50th birthday, and we had the privilege of walking outside and observing the historic last flight of the shuttle Endeavor right over our heads! Here are the pictures he took.
I googled “adoption” a moment ago and clicked on “news.” It amazed me that after going through 15 Google pages looking for news articles on adopting a child, I came up with three (over the past week). Most of the rest were articles about pet adoptions. I love animals and do think they need homes, but…
Fire museum of Texas in Beaumont. Fun place to take kids of all ages on a field trip! Free! October is National Fire Prevention month.
Review by Delana H. Stewart While internationally adopted children are grafted into a new family tree, many will desire to one day at least go visit their homelands. Some will desire to find living relatives. In her book “Are Those Kids Yours?” author Cheri Register goes beyond talking about international adoption and raising internationally adopted…
God’s dwelling place. In studying Psalm 84: 1-12 (NIV), I compared and contrasted the psalmist’s experience visiting the Temple of the Lord with Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (6:19-20) regarding those who follow Jesus being the temples in which God dwells.
Devotional book Three Days at Sea: Soul flotation when the waves are pulling you under. Link to blog about the book.
Last Summer my son got married in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at Garvan Woodland Gardens. It was a beautiful place to have a wedding. Here are some photos taken by my husband James.
Jade with her Grandparents December 2008 — her first Christmas in America. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” –Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) “God…
During the past 13 years, my family has been living and working in Asian countries. Our three biological sons grew up as the minority in the communities in which we lived. Now, they are in college learning how to be American, and sometimes they feel like they don’t fit in (even though their skin is…
One day during our years living in one of the most ecologically devastated cities of Central Asia, our landlord took us on a two to three hour car trip to visit his village. After the visit, he wanted us to see the hot springs and cold springs and waterfalls in the area. Upon parking the…
Sitting in my friend’s living room in a downtown bustling city of millions in Central Asia, I sat laughing and talking and celebrating the upcoming wedding of a very dear friend. She was having her henna party. Women of all ages packed out the small room. It was a joyous event. Then her brother came…
“Somewhere in the middle of Siberia, under that beautiful blue sky, there among the fur trees, written in the dark soil… is my name. Never to be erased. Sometimes, if I am very quiet, in the silence, I can hear it calling to me…” –by my lovely daughter-in-law Juli
You may not be able to tell from this angle, but this is actually an ancient toilet from first century Ephesus! The toilet room was a long row of toilets such as this one, with no dividers between. Yep, no privacy. Even more amazing is that it was NOT a squatty but an actual toilet.…
“When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path.” —Psalm 142:3
He’s an overcomer. She’s an overcomer. I’m an overcomer. Wouldn’t you like to be an overcomer, too? Drink living water. Be an overcomer! Today and yesterday reading the first four chapters in the book of Revelation, over and over we are told what will happen to those who are overcomers. He who overcomes will: …eat…
Not earthly kingdoms… Not mountain majesties… Two promises are given by God in James 1 and 2 to those who love God… The Crown of Life and The Kingdom! Way beyond what we can imagine or depict.
Living overseas is an adventure. Bringing up children is always an adventure. But what happens when you put the two together? Learning to live in new cultures means new vocabulary words. We’ve seen and used many different types of toilets and bathrooms…everything from elaborate (another word for gaudy) thrones to out houses and chicken houses.…
Celebrate! God is able to give you peace in every circumstance! I Thess 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all! (NASB)
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