Friends of this blog, I really need your help. I know that this is a decision that only we can make, but I need to hear your outside perspective. I need to know what you would do if you were me, more for the comfort of knowing I’m not alone in this than anything else. …
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Ten Years Ago…
…in a land far far away from the one we’re in now, we got hitched. You remember, hunny? We took this pic on our first anniversary, when we had only lived in South Africa for four months. Weren’t we cute? Awww, I think so. Look, no wrinkles or grey hairs! Ten years in and I …
STUCK
I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you. You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You’ll be left in a Lurch. You’ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that …
COFFEE GUY IS ON THE ROAD
He’s on the road and he’s driving this. Watch out world. This is what a vehicle looks like when you’ve packed it with everything you possibly can from your house. The last two days have been a whirlwind of packing and decision making… and it’s not over yet. Ben’s on the road, but he has …
The Other Place
sometimes I miss things moments from the other place they slip through my mind leave an ache as they pass details from another land leaves, sunshine, berries wide open spaces no looming walls snow, lefsa, winter coats Christmas with family zipping to Target frozen toes… this makes me wonder… I already love two places one …
Huntin’ Monkeys
My brother came by for a visit a few weeks ago (he just hopped on a quick 30 hr flight to get here) and on his last day with us he had one request: monkeys. He wanted to see MONKEYS! To us, monkeys are a little like the neighborhood skunk that everybody hates. Annoying, a …