It’s been a week since I last posted. That’s the longest I’ve gone without writing since starting this blog back in February. Even as I sat down to write this, I feel a little at a loss. Not necessarily for any words, but for the right words. Researchers have shown that women speak about 20,000 […]
If you wouldn’t say it about a boob job…
We got some pretty strange looks and heard some ridiculous statements when we were doing foster care. While I could handle most comments, we cared for school-age kids who absolutely felt the pain of those words and the sting of the stares. Working with adopting families here in Nicaragua has reinforced how clueless we can […]
Braided Fruit Danish
A few weeks ago, I started seeing photos showing up in my various social networks that featured a delicious-looking and beautiful fruit braid. The titles of said photos threw around words like “easy,” “super fast,” and “flaky crust” and I got really excited. So I clicked. And then I read the ingredient list, which prompted […]
It’s a Nutella kinda morning
Everyone is on edge here. There have been hundreds of seismic events in the past four days. Having graduated from a college in southern California, I am not fearful of most earthquakes. The ’94 Northridge quake woke me from a sound sleep, with bookshelves, lamps, and other items crashing down all around me. I seriously […]