Prepared for Battle
Among the exciting things in my week, I had a call with my freckle. That's what I call the student who's planning to steal my identity when I die. She's…
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August 24, 2025
Reunion
No one who knows me for long will be surprised at my elevated joy at the news of Damian Lillard's return to Portland, but it's pretty shocking that that isn't…
July 20, 2025
Home, Home, and Home Again
Home is a complicated word for TCKs. Me too. I wrote two weeks ago about how I left my home to fly to my mountain - another home for my…
June 29, 2025
My Mountain
Thirty-eight hours after waking up on Monday morning, I went to sleep on Monday night. Time travel is a wild thing. Miraculously, I've stayed awake during the daylight hours in…
June 15, 2025
Follow Up
The greatest privilege of sharing at Easter Camp was the handful of stories people shared of how my testimony impacted them positively. One in particular has stuck with me. A…
June 8, 2025
Remember You’re Not Dead
I wasn't sick this week, but I had a lot to do to make up for my sick days. I haven't got it all done, and I honestly won't get…
June 1, 2025
The Long Way Around
Sometimes I get overstimulated - okay, lots of times. My brain runs in fifteen directions at once most of the time. Amazingly, I can keep up with like nine or…
May 4, 2025
Pivot
This past week has been a lot. When is my life not, but this had a lot of extra things thrown in that I've been awed to watch God take…
April 13, 2025
Wild Ride
This trip to America has been a beautiful adventure. I'm so grateful for the time with my precious children in LA and for the gift I had of a stunning…
March 30, 2025
Christchurch to LA
"You're the only teacher I believe who says they don't have favourite students," Julia once told me when she was in high school. I tried very hard as a teacher…
March 22, 2025
Wild Adventures
I woke up this morning to find out my US debit card needed to be frozen for fraud. Then I tried to activate my German debit card as a back…
March 15, 2025
Mosaics
Every person who asked me how my week was on Friday heard me wonder at how quickly it had gone by. This weekend seems to have slipped a way just…
March 9, 2025
Hometown Tourist
This week I got the soul filling beautiful experience of a day with Dan and Wendy in my city. Dan and Wendy were my life group leaders at Westport over…
February 23, 2025
Another Thursday
I love me a good Thursday. This past Thursday I sat at the bus stop from Burwood to go to the beach, and I texted one of my precious children…
February 16, 2025
Some of the Good
My Monday adventure began with a trip to Burwood hospital for back to back appointments. I first stopped at the artificial limb building where I was greeted by a woman…
January 12, 2025
Hospitals and Holidays
This past Monday I went to the spinal hospital to let them scan my kidneys and bladder for an upcoming appointment. I was so excited for the tech to see…
January 5, 2025
Christmas Break
I'm still getting used to not living on a school calendar, and especially to being on a southern hemisphere cycle. This past week has been a wonderful summer vacation and…
December 29, 2024
Feeling Foreign
When I moved to Germany, it was into a primarily North American community of people who had lived cross-culturally, and I was prepared for a lot of culture learning. I…
December 15, 2024
Aurora Australis
There are lots of things in my life that I never expected to happen. Leading a team of amazing Kiwi youth leaders among the top. As a middle schooler watching…
October 13, 2024
Some Kind of Normal
"We have weird lives," Givorgy told me this week. It's true. But also, we have these beautiful lives where I get to spend time talking with people about cross cultural…
July 21, 2024