The light at the end of the tunnel. Today we were given our duty station wish list. It’s been a wild ride so far. I’ve accomplished so many things I didn’t know I could do, but it’s not over yet. There’s no other place I’d rather be than overcoming every challenge thrown at me with these fine […]
We took Megan to the airport this morning, told her we loved her, and sent her off to Korea on her adventure. There were tears, Grandma (David’s mom) and Grandpa (my dad) came with us, and seeing Grandpa give Megan such a huge hug, seeing the tears in his eyes, still makes me cry. I […]
The picture is of Busan, South Korea, an amazing modern city on the southern coast across the Korean Strait/Sea of Japan from southern Japan. It’s huge, a city the size of Los Angeles, with more people than the entire state of Iowa. Megan has received her guarantee papers to be an exchange student in Busan […]
Still 300 high school students and other passengers missing from an overturned ferry in South Korea. My heart goes out to the parents and families. The kids had been heading to Jeju Island for a four-day trip on a school holiday. They were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, which is near Seoul. It’s […]
This sign appeared a week or so ago at our local WalMart. I dutifully read it, and then promptly ignored it because it didn’t apply to me. But the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. I still think a lot about the things we saw in Italy and Greece on our […]
I’ve been having a great time these past few days watching a mother sparrow teaching her fledglings about free food at our bird feeder. In this rather fuzzy photo, the mother is in the front. She’ll take a seed out of the sock feeder and put it in the youngster’s mouth. Since she is still […]
So many things are fleeting. The last petals to fall off my poppies, the last rays of a sunset, or my delight in the kitchen counter when it is cleared of dirty dishes for one brief moment. But I think the most fleeting thing I know of is time. This photo might not immediately bring […]
School is out for the summer today. In just 4 more days, Saedah, the gorgeous young lady in the middle, will go back home to Palestine. She was an exchange student here in our town for her sophomore year of high school. She and my daughter, Megan (on the right of this gorgeous group) became […]
Three pretty cool things happened today and they have not a thing to do with each other. Number one thing – today is my dad’s birthday. He is now 86 years young. He still lives in the house he built with Mom twenty years ago, with a big yard that he mows, birdfeeders that he […]
The story of Missy and her bad behavior is finished, at least for the present. When the initial shock wore off, and Missy showed up at the door again, enabling kicked back into action full force. “It will be okay,” said Shirley and Julie. It will be okay. It will be okay for the time […]
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