It’s More than Moving

Today I spent the bulk of the day going through the kids’ rooms, donating, throwing things away, and taking a walk down memory lane. What struck me most wasn’t the grief over packing everything up and leaving France, but donating things my kids use to love...

We are Moving Home

After much prayer and seeking guidance, Patrick and I have decided it was time to relocate back to the States. We will fly to Dallas on December 13th. On January 3rd Patrick will start a new job at UT Southwestern as the director of its vascular lab, and our children...

Gladitude

How do we foster a glad attitude, aka “gladitude” in our families? I wrote an article on Crosswalk.com today about just that. You can read it here.

Why Ipods ROCK!

Today we went through all our CDs, DVDs, videos, and various other media. I loaded quite a bit onto my itunes, then onto my ipod. The best part? Creating an 80s songlist. Ahhhhh, now I’m back in high school, dancing, laughing, driving my car too fast (wearing my...

My Random, Scary Brain

Julia left her naked Barbie family in the shower again. While I washed and conditioned my hair, I watched them, but they didn’t move. Instead, they reclined while water splashed them. Suddenly, inspired, I bent low to Barbie and her daughters (or nieces) and...