We lived in the hotel from Saturday night until Wednesday night of last week. Although I was quite reticent at the idea of packing up and moving to a hotel room with my children on a minute’s notice during The Crisis, I must say that I got exceptionally accustomed to hotel living. In fact, […]
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A True Story About Swimsuit Shopping.
There are few things as panic-inducing as getting stuck in a swimsuit in a dressing room. It should also be noted that all swimsuit dressing rooms are rigged. Their mirrors are always without a doubt the fattest mirrors ever created*, and are hung at a downward angle to make you look four foot six. The […]
On Hopes and Dreams.
A few months ago, I asked the kids a question. “Would y’all like to be on a billboard?” Ali’s eyes lit up. “YES! That would be AWESOME!!” Noah’s brow creased. “NO. They’re way too high. I might fall.” Fair enough. I had been working here and there with a local company, Alabama Outdoors, with regards […]
When Adventures Overlap.
It was day nine of my tonsillectomy recovery, two days away from being released back into normal life by my doctor. It was the day that I finally started feeling better. It’s a strange thing, anesthesia. You don’t realize how much it subtracts from your living until all of a sudden you wake up from […]
When Missionaries Fight Crocs.
This is the last installment of my Missionary Friend’s Stories, and then I’ll be back soon to tell of the adventures that have befallen our family in the past two weeks. To read the whole Missionary series, click here. I am eternally appreciative to my friend for covering for me while I was out – […]
The Baptism.
This is the fourth fantastic story in a series from my friend The Missionary. To read the whole collection so far, click here. Shortly after our arrival in the far far far away place we now call home, one of our staff members approached us and asked if he could take an hour off that […]
The Stories Missionaries Can’t Tell You: Broken.
This is a series of stories featuring very real things that happen to missionaries that just don’t fit in on the Sunday School slideshows. See the first post for an introduction to my anonymous missionary friend, along with the whole story behind missionaries and boobs. But this one is The Ultimate Story. Although I am […]
The Stories Missionaries Can’t Tell You – True Love.
This is another lovely story by my Missionary Friend. While I am recovering from my tonsillectomy, she is sharing very real things that happen to missionaries that just don’t fit well in Sunday School slideshows. If you missed her first post, you absolutely must click back and read it – because it’s not every day that you […]
The Stories That Missionaries Can’t Tell You.
While I’m recovering from my Tonsillectomy, I asked a dear friend to write a series of guest posts that just need to be shared. I guarantee that you will adore them as much as I do. My husband and I and our two kids live in a far away place. A far, far, far, far […]
Under the Knife.
If you’re reading this, I survived my surgery enough to hit “publish”. I thought about publishing it automatically, but then what if something went horribly wrong? Did I really want this to be my last blog post? Because these are the things I think about. Which is why, on Tuesday night, I was having that […]