Category Archives: Culture
The Marshmallow Christmas Latte Recipe
This morning was a roll-out-of-bed-make-the-bed-and-just-keep-moving kind of morning. We had the Project Rescue Christmas party last night at my sister’s house (who happens to have not one, but TWO giant Christmas trees in her living room– she’s THAT into this), and we didn’t get our little ones to bed till 11pm. UGH. I’m on my […]
Follow Peace
I followed peace home to our home sweet home after three long weeks of travel. Life on the road with two preschoolers is like controlled chaos, and as carefully as we plan and as hard as I try to maintain routine on the go, there just isn’t much peace till we get home again. The […]
The Broken Bridge between Friendly and Welcome
We’re driving home after a weekend visiting friends. After a long lunch with our friend talking about everything wrong and right with the world, my brain feels like it’s running on a hamster wheel. Before lunch we had stumbled upon a Hindu Temple right in the area, so I assumed there was a large community […]
Space to Sit with What Is
Mornings in India are communal, with the vast majority of society outside with the sunrise, hand-washing clothes, bathing at neighborhood taps, and brushing teeth on their front stoop. Even in prestigious neighborhoods in mega cities, the road will be filled with walkers, joggers, women outside watering flowers and men sitting, sipping their chai. And because […]
The Garden: Peace for Right Here, Right Now
A friend interviewed me today for her website, and asked me about my last three years (spent living in India). I told her about God’s personal promise to give me “a garden, in this place” in Feb 2016. It has proved to be a defining moment in my journey, so I decided to repost this […]
The Mom Connection
I happened upon this half-written entry from 2015, and the complex nature of cross-cultural motherhood struck me again. This is my challenge to connect across barriers and differences- to share together as mothers in the joys and suffering of today. *** I stepped into the mountain hospital to get my tummy checked– in Hindi they […]
Growing a Garden and Seeing Potential
I found my spot. The one to sit at for hours while the kids are at preschool and I need to get work done. This one is a little outdoor seating area of a local grocery store. It’s surrounded by planters of greenery, boxwood, begonias, and hanging ivy. It’s a cool, drizzly kind of day—summer’s […]
Take Off Your Coat and Stay a While
So, I just unpacked. Literally. The kind where you take your jewelry out of travel kits and you buy that organizer tray for a drawer and put your makeup in it. And the suitcase that’s always half-packed. That one’s empty now and put away. The next short trip will probably be in a few weeks […]
The Days are Long but the Years are Short
“The days are long but the years are short.” Only yesterday did I begin to experience the reality of this little saying. I was sitting with a mentor and said, “I only have one year. Then Little Man will be in Kindergarten and Little Miss in preschool.” It came on like a light bulb as […]
Minimalist Flying with Kids
I am worst-case-scenario-girl. My friends make fun of me. They role their eyes when I give warnings and stories that start with “I heard about a guy who died that way…” And therefore I’m also naturally the kind who packs twice the luggage because of all of the “what-ifs”.
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