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It’s Been a Minute…

Fast forward a month from my last post, and we headed for America for what was supposed to be six months of furlough. Except, the week we left, I found out I was pregnant. We extended our return from March until June 2021. It’s almost August 2021. I clearly...

Hopeful Weeds Part 2

Anyone remember the picture of the flower I posted a couple months ago? It withstood a terrible storm and still looked pretty, right? Look at it now. No, not the pink thing. The shriveled beige and black thing below it. THAT’S the flower that brought me so much hope a...

An Expat in Transition Part Two

Most of our team on Christmas Eve for our first holidays away from home. All my neighbors during the quarantine of the Covid-19 Pandemic. If you read my previous post (you can do so here), you know we’re are in preparations for a transition back to America. Our...

An Expat in Transition Part One

Just some of the bins we packed. Everything ready to go in my Dad’s truck.Eli in the plane bassinet.First family photo on Indonesian soil. Transition is just the name of the game for expats (short for expatriates, someone living in a different county). I have...

Grief Like Waves

I am in no way a poet, but when I sat down to write the journey I’ve been on in recent months, this is what came out. If you’re here to critique the art of the rhymes or the rhythm of each line, please spare me. It’s just pain put to words that felt...