Marilyngardner5

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• Physical Well-being and Cross-Cultural Adjustment

  

  I was sick yesterday. Not laid flat in bed with a high fever sick, but a low grade fever, aches, and general feelings of misery. I was scheduled to visit the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Speak Out Loud

  

  Keep in mind to speak out loud the works of God! As you transition with your soul mate it will be good to hear your voices remembering what God has done...* On... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beauty in the Ordinary

  

  The light was just going over the mountains and shades of purple, blue, rose, and orange all melded together into an ordinary sunset. Miraculously ordinary. I... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Picnics in Kurdistan

  

  Yesterday was Friday - the day of worship, rest, and picnics in Kurdistan. About a 10 minute drive from our apartment is beautiful Lake Dukan and an area... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ladies Day Out

  

  I am driving from the downtown area of Rockport when I suddenly decide to stop and sit a spell by the ocean. The day is perfect September, all blue sky and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Waiting…

  

  We are sitting in a government office in Suleimaniyah (commonly called Suli) and we are waiting. We left Rania at seven in the morning. The sun had already... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rania – Reflections on Place, Work, and Travel

  

  I walk up the three flights of stairs to our apartment and unlock the door. I step inside and breathe a sigh of gratitude. No matter where you live, you need a... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Peeling Pomegranates in Rania

  

  I wake to a sun-filled room in Kurdistan. It is Friday and we have slept late, still catching up from hours of lost sleep in the last couple weeks of packing an... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Enlarging Our Hearts in Ranya ڕانیه

  It's difficult to believe that we have only been in Kurdistan for 48 hours. Our flight from Qatar was uneventful. We connected with another new faculty member... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Next Stop Kurdistan

  

  We head to the airport in Doha Qatar early in the morning. Already the air is heavy with heat. Humidity is high and my husband's glasses fog up as soon as he... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• About Iraq….

  

  "Now, about Iraq...." We wish we had money for every time someone has asked about our future plans with that sentence! There are a number of questions we've bee... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 Newton Street – a Love Story

  

  5 Newton Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 It was ten and a half years ago when I first walked through your front door. I will never forget the day - December 18,... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• That Magic Word – Home

  

  My younger daughter was recently in Toronto at the wedding of a friend. On return she had some difficulty with her ticket and had to go early to the airport in... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Goodbye 250

  I get on the bus and swipe my Charlie Card, my ticket to discounted rides for the last ten and a half years. The bus driver nods as I say hello. There is room t... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grace in a Bottle

  

  It's so quiet that I can hear myself think. This is what hits me as I wake up early today. We are in Rockport, our happy place of rest and art; writing and... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The View Becomes More Precious

  

  Days are passing by quickly, and in every situation I am keenly aware that life as we know it is ending. The other day I sat on my porch in early morning. It ha... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mountains of Transition

  

  I'm on a balcony in South Carolina looking across at a lake and then mountains. There are mountains, and then more mountains, and beyond that, there are even... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monday Wakes with an Invitation

  

  Monday awakes, warm and muggy from rain that fell during the night. While the sun is trying hard to break through the clouds, it's not quite succeeding - as... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Mawage is Wot Bwings Us Togeder” Thoughts on 34 Years of Mawage

  

  "Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... So... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Black Girl, A White Girl, and a Lemonade Stand

  

  My subway stop in Cambridge is Central Square. I've written a bit about Central Square before, but the truth is, it's difficult to describe this area. While... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION