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Introducing……Kenya Part 2!
It hasn't escaped our notice that our blog title has read: "Our journey to Kenya and back" and that the title has seemed awkward since we have been back home here in the United States. Ian and I have discussed if I should change the title, but there has been...
A memory of someone
In the winter (like February maybe?) before our family left for Kenya my wonderful girlfriend Natalie invited me to a women's retreat. I have to say that I generally find all sorts of reasonable excuses for why I can't go to these kinds of things. They just...
Ameena
Today we celebrate one wonderful year of having Ameena in our lives. What a full year this last one has been. Being pregnant while living in Africa was interesting. I felt healthy, but had more physical symptoms than with any of my other children. Crazy high...
Life is short
In the past month I have been so reminded of this fact. My dear sister's husband came down with a horrid illness that led to hospitalization, then acute rehab, and now home. He has a long road of recovery & we are all praying that he recovers all of his...
This is what I think about, sometimes.
This is what I think about (inside my head, not generally out loud like other people I know *cough, cough* LUCY). Patterns, and pretty fabrics and the endless combination possibilites. Here is one of the two patterns I'm going to work on next: I'm gonna make the...
Dear Karibu.
"We are stitched together, and what love has tethered, I can never undo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2JJ1OCz8U Dear Karibu Centre family, When you call me crying, you make me cry. When you call and need answers, and neither you nor I have them, I hate telling...
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog...
In the thick of it!
Today is December 8th, and I find myself in the thick of the Christmas crazy hustle and bustle. I listened to a wonderful segment on the radio about scheduling in "the ordinary" during the holiday season, just so you can have enough time at home....to get all the...