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Christmas is a season of celebration, when we remember joy and hope and sing heartily of good cheer.  However, as we draw near to the end of 2018, Jared and I are tempted to say, “Good riddance!”  This has been a year we will always recall for its sheer quantity of trials.  In years to […]

“Mom…Mom?” My last-minute preparations for a Friday-night dinner with friends were interrupted by Ivan’s uncertain voice as he thrust his left hand over the kitchen sink in front of me.  Although it took a few moments to realize the severity of his injury, I knew at once that his fourth finger had experienced some trauma. […]

Three weeks ago on Monday, March 19, I (Carol) went to the boys’ school to pick them up at noon.  Titus was busy playing on his favorite part of the playground, a rope swing that swings out over a small drop-off.  A couple of months ago, a ball was hung out above that drop-off so […]

A conversation recently took place in our local expat* Facebook group here in our little city in Asia-Pacific.  A newbie family introduced a question along these lines: “Are we the only foreign family that constantly deals with local people wanting to take selfies with us?  If you have experienced this, how do you deal with […]