Back in early 2012 I read an article in Guideposts magazine by Debbie Macomber that shared her practice of choosing a word to focus on each year. While I wouldn’t describe myself as a religious person, nor am I a reader of Macomber’s books, I was inspired by this practice. I chose a word for that year, and have been choosing a “word for the year” ever since. I have shared the article with friends…
A month ago we had a week off for Fall Break and I used it to begin to explore this new land in which I live. I traveled south to Antalya in hopes of swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as to visit sites of historic and natural beauty. I accomplished all of that, and more! For this trip I did something new-to-me in regards to transportation–I rode the Metro to the airport. This…
In my three years of living in Mongolia, my father was my only visitor. He arrived the night before I did, and was there for the first two weeks of my new life. Don’t get me wrong, I was thankful to have a fellow family member there–to have him see where I would be living and working. However, I expect he left with many questions about how my life would proceed. His concerns were not…