I'm just trying to walk myself home.
Snapshots of Berlin, Germany From the moment we moved to Germany, Ben told us he wanted to go to Berlin. Every time we took a short trip, he would ask when we were going to Berlin. So as our year in Germany was winding down, we decided we needed to make it happen. We rented …
I’m quickly sharing a few of my favorites of 2017 before I’m so far into 2018 that I forget about them. These are some of the books, movies, songs and places that widened my heart in 2017. My Five Favorite Books I read in 2017 The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom White Awake by Daniel …
Dear Mr. Tisby, After the election, I was reading the news, lamenting on Twitter, and trying to listen to the voices that I felt were most marginalized by the comments our newly elected president had made on his campaign trail. Listen and lament. Listen and lament. But after about a week, I was drowning in a …
ROME ITALY The face I’m making in this picture could be summed up like this: OH MY GOSH I’M IN ROME AND THERE ARE A MILLION PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO TUSCANY BUT ACTUALLY IT’S REALLY BEAUTIFUL HERE BUT I’M EXPERIENCING SENSORY OVERLOAD SO…GELATO IS THE ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING! I am …
Hello friends, We’ve had a mixture of blue skies and rainy days over the last couple of weeks here in Tübingen. We had friends come to visit and they definitely experienced a bit of every kind of weather. We even had a bit of snow. We headed back to Castle Lichtenstein where we had a …
Hello friends, Since my last pipeline, I have been to Guatemala, had my mama (plus a few other Arkansans!) come to visit and watched the glorious arrival of spring in Germany! It’s been a wonderful month of connecting face to face with people. Lots of eye contact and soul-nourishing talks across tables. April will …
February 28, 2017 Dear White People (including myself), As Black History Month wraps up, I want to make a plea that we all choose not be done with Black History for the year. Current events are daily revealing how necessary it is that all Americans learn Black History all year long. For how long? For …
Hello! We’ve had a full month friends. I finished up my German class, went to Strasbourg, did lots of ghost blog/website writing AND my friend Sandra came back to visit! We went on long walks in and around Tübingen and stayed up into the wee hours talking about everything under the sun. It was just delightful. …
Two Saturdays ago, I was sitting in my kitchen listening to the Hamilton Mixed Tape and keeping an eye on a cake baking in the oven. I had volunteered to bring dessert to church lunch the next day, borrowing two sheet pans from the church kitchen in order to bake my Grandmother’s chocolate cake for …
This month has been a doozy y’all. If you’re like me, maybe you just want to throw up your hands or crawl under the covers because everything is so overwhelming. I have to keep alternating between getting outside and getting on my knees. And I have to remember that these words from Ann Voskamp are as true …
A Letter to My Friend Sarabeth about Advent Traditions and Celebrating Christmas in 2016 November 23, 2016 Dear Sarabeth, When you texted me yesterday to ask me for ideas about Advent, I was in the middle of crying through the end of Ta-Nehisi Coate’s book Between the World and Me. I was sitting and wishing …
We have been in our new home in Tübingen, Germany for over a month now. And I have to say that I have struggled to put together this first post from Germany, because I want to strike a balance between the two extremes of HELLO GORGEOUS PHOTOS OF OUR NEW HOME TOWN and HEY WE …
Beware of feeling entitled to my good gifts. Receive blessings from me thankfully, yet be willing to release them back to be — without growing resentful. When I read these words, out of Sarah Young’s Jesus Today this week I realized that I was holding onto the good gifts of my summer. When I arrived in Arkansas in …
We are baaaaack! After a summer of sizzling hot days, sodas as big as our faces, daily trips to the pool and more fun than was probably good for us, we packed up our bags and flew back to Scotland. But we won’t be here for long. We’re on the move again in less than …
One Day with Kids in Pisa, Italy After our glorious week in Cinque Terre, we were all a bit sad about leaving Italy. We had a 1pm flight out of Pisa, so we packed up the night before and left the beautiful town of Manarola at 6am. We each had a small daypack and then …
A Story About Deciding to Travel To Cinque Terre in Italy Alone With My Kids In Scotland, children have two weeks off of school in April, so back in January, the kids and I had a little family meeting to make some plans for our Easter Holidays. Taido would not be coming with us this …
Happy May, dear friends!! Oh the bursting of colors everywhere makes me so happy! The last month has been so full of lovely days that I’m practically bursting into color myself. The kids and I spent a week of their spring holidays in Italy. (Be still my heart!) Then we came back to snow and …
Happy Spring Friends!! Daffodils are creeping up all over Aberdeen. The shops are full of bright blossoms. The sun is hanging around longer and longer. Soon there will be fields of yellow. I am a big fan of spring! The coming of a new season and the resurrection of life out of the darkness of winter reminds …
Snapshots of Shopping in Paris Mama was lagging behind as we made our way through the Tuileries. Jet lag had caught up with her on our first full day in Paris, and we all needed re-fueling after a morning of walking and sightseeing. But then, we hit the Champs-Élysées. The Grandest Boulevard in all of …
Aberdeen, the third largest city in Scotland, is often overlooked by guidebooks and tourists, and there are good reasons for preferring Edinburgh and Glasgow to Aberdeen. However, now that I’ve lived here for a season and shown the area to countless friends, I would vouch for Aberdeen as a decent weekend getaway. Last month I went on …