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• When You’ve Got Nothing

  It hurts when you’ve got nothing.We live in a world of give and take, a world that cries out for ‘fair’, a world that screams ‘You can’t get something when you... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Public Health, Polio and Pakistan

  

  In less than three decades the goal to eradicate polio had become a public health success story.Polio is a disease that comes on suddenly, cripples quickly and... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wrapping up the Week – 7.20.13

  Readers  - there’s too much to share to keep silent this week. A heat wave in Boston has kept us indoors with ice, fans, and the occasional air conditioning.... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Open Letter to a Young TCK

  

  At one time both Robynn and I were young third culture kids. We were trying to make our way, transplant our roots to foreign soil. The days were hard and we mad... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 RELIGION

• When You Realize Injustice Begins in Your Heart

  

  Doesn’t he look HOT in his outfit?!It’s sweat-dripping, sidewalk-sweating hot. A “virtual sauna-bath” says one weather site.I shuffle through downtown and the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rooted in Rockport – Thoughts on Growing Roots

  

  For those who wear the Third Culture Kid label and the Global Nomad tag proudly, the word ‘rooted’ is scary. For all we speak, ponder, and write of identity... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Different Styles, Perfect Pair” – Thoughts on a 29th Anniversary

  

  Even though we have different styles, we’re still a perfect pair…Admittedly, cards for Anniversaries can be cheesy. But somehow I liked the one above. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Warehouse Epiphany.

  

  Ugly pieces of furniture are piled up in a musty warehouse. It’s hard to distinguish a dresser from a chair, a table from a nightstand. Scratched and worn, thes... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• (Surely My Identity is Not) Skin Deep

  Readers – Here’s a Fun Fact! Both Robynn (from Fridays with Robynn) and I have our noses pierced. We got them pierced years ago — years before it was cool to... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mended Teapots – A Re-post

  

  I first posted this almost 2 years ago. And today is a good day for me to remember that we’re all a bit like these teapots; we need to be restored and mended,... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waiting for Aslan

  

  “WHAT an extraordinary place!” cried Lucy. “All those stone animals – and people too! It’s – it’s like a museum.”“Hush,” said Susan, “Aslan’s doing... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is Calling in Our DNA?

  

  “So” said the kindly woman at the Baptist church. “You must want to be a missionary too when you grow up!”I recoiled. I hoped she wouldn’t see the visible... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ramadan – Engagement Or Rejection?

  

  I am on the mailing list of a large mosque in the Roxbury area of Boston. While Egypt’s minarets give us a journey through history and Turkey boasts Ottoman... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 RELIGION

• Unforced Rhythms

  

  We have been in a weekend of “unforced rhythms”. We’ve had no set schedule. Some of us have woken early morning and used the ocean as our entry into the day,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take Off Your Heels and Stay Awhile!

  

  “Mom, you have your heels off!” this from my daughter. She turned to her friend “That means my mom is really relaxed. She usually has her shoes on.”It’s true.... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Posting at A Life Overseas – Holiday Grace

  

  Readers – today I’m over at A Life Overseas writing about Holiday Grace. Would love to have you join me there! Here is an excerpt from that piece:Tomorrow is th... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Coffee Or Quarters?

  

  It’s Boston hot.* With high humidity even mid-eighties feels uncomfortable. As it goes to the high eighties you’re dripping.Give me the dry heat of Phoenix and... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 CHARITY, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• “But Grace Entered the Space Between”

  

  On my walk from the subway to home I pass by some lovely (and some not so lovely) houses. A Victorian mansion with white picket fence on one side, a worn brick... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Few Scattered Thoughts on Boarding School…

  

  (…while my youngest daughter is away at camp) Fridays with Robynn.*******************************Bronwynn left for camp on Sunday. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Why is Everyone Hugging the Giant Chipmunk?”

  

  The first time I went to Disney World I asked my husband why everyone was hugging the giant chipmunk. We were dating at the time and I think he seriously... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION