by Missy Towers | Jul 4, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Missy Towers | Jun 27, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Missy Towers | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Missy Towers | Jun 14, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Missy Towers | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog
*This was originally written May 27, 2020 before I heard about the murder of George Floyd. Out of respect, I filed it away. I wanted to post here as an archive of my writing. Currently working on some of the learning I’ve done throughout the past two weeks. I...
by Missy Towers | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog
*This was originally created as an IG post on April 27, one week after suffering a miscarriage at 10 weeks. I did not originally include that part of the story as I was deep in grief. I wanted to share the post and background information here as well.Weeds in...
