“It’s not you, it’s me.” I may have heard that frustrating phrase as part of someone’s worthy attempt to dull a blow. I may also be guilty of having used that frustrating phrase as part of my own unworthy attempt to avoid conflict. Now I am definitely saying it, but not to a person: to […]
I loathe the packing process. I don’t know if it’s because the last ten years of my life have been spent packing and unpacking with brief spurts of stability in between, or if it’s simply because packing forces me to be organized and think ahead (bleh). The whole process becomes a giant puzzle that doesn’t […]
It’s interesting how time manipulates the mind. For the most part, I’m in favor of this. The days after my beloved dog Clyde died, I thought the world was cruel for going on. How could it ignore the passing of such a sweet creature? One that had selflessly seen me through the rigors of middle […]
When we first met her, Wilma was a spunky 3 year-old fully representative of the Papua New Guinean ideal of a toddler. She sassed everything, whether animate or inanimate. She took what she wanted and did what she wanted. She never accepted “no” as the final answer. If “no” became the final answer, she ignored […]
Before we arrived home for our first furlough earlier this year, I knew the Achilles’ heel I would face in the US. I started praying about it well before landing in San Francisco, but it’s hard. I’m a nester and I strongly desire a house in which I can nest. The arrival of our bundle […]
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