I am out of my element. I was good with little ones, but those skills are no good now. My children are changing, and I have to change with them. Finger paint and play doh cannot be found in my house anymore; summer boredom can’t be cured by a nature walk or library storytime. There …
Dear Karissa, You are right to be happy. You are happy because you are home. Yes, you are a third culture kid, and you will always know that. But you have found belonging. Freedom. Awe. Friendship. You have friends at school and friends at church and friends at home. You have a caring family. Everywhere …
A friend and fellow blogger/writer who knows I get up early to write recently asked me, “What time do you go to bed and how do you motivate yourself not to hit the snooze button?” I thought I’d outline some of my writing practices and tell you a bit of my writing story. First of …
There are so many things that I want to be “more of.” More organized. More calm. More nice after 8 PM (that’s my grouchy time). More thankful. Geez, I sound so boring. Let’s add more fun and more spontaneous to the list! And there are things I want to be “less of,” like less judgmental …
One of the panels I went to at the Southern Festival of Books was titled Our Feet May Leave, But Not Our Hearts – Stories of Home and Place (I know, kinda cheesy title, but it was YA novelists so I was hooked), and the panelists were Silas House and Meg Medina. I’d heard of Silas …
