I am extremely thankful that we live so close to our families

I LOVE the fact that we all live so close (except for a super duper Aunt EJ and the husband’s sister’s lovely family). 
In this 20 Days of Thanks, I knew I would mention our fabulous fam.  But this year it seems like I am even more thankful for their close proximity AND love.  With our [...]

I like borrowing the twins

I was greatly disappointed during my first pregnancy when the technician at the sonogram announced that there was only one child.  I had my heart set on having twins. 
Five months after giving birth to our bouncing (huge) baby boy, I discovered that I was pregnant again.  I so feared that I was carrying twins.  That [...]

I am thankful that my students are so thankful

We made a class list of “Things we are Thankful for” today in class. 
Here is the list:
Jesus
my pets
my dogs
my teacher ( I paid him well)
our country
that Emma won the writing contest
my parents
our school
my church
my toys
the President (yes, I had to stop a potentially iffy conversation about this one)
our world
everything in the world
the Bible
shelter
books (brown noser)
etc, [...]

I am thankful for our partnership

I have one simple thing to proclaim tonight! 
If you are a single mother, GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU! 
The husband has been away and I just don’t function well without him.  It is hard doing this parenting thing alone.  Oh my word!  It was totally different when I didn’t work and he was away.  But now?  Now I [...]

Scrabble

I love games. 
Just not ones that require a lot of thought, especially after a long day of teaching. 
But being the good mom -the mom who is determined NOT to let stress get the best of her during this crazy week-I told the Lad to choose a game. 
He chose Scrabble.
His words?
narc, drone, canna
He is so his dad.
I [...]

Mixed

That is how I would describe my emotions right now.  In fact, I was so sick of my emotions and feelings tonight that I ended up crying all through worship.  Not like me.  Not at all.
You could say I am numb.  Or changed.  Or confused.  Or faithful.  Or scared.  Or disappointed.  Or excited.
Or ALL of the [...]

The Museo

For those of you who do not know Spanish, museo means museum.  And please don’t think I knew that word before today either.
This morning the husband and I had some time to ourselves here in Guatemala City.  We decided to be cultural and go to the local archeology museum.  I was a bit shocked that [...]

The journey that I am thankful for

Have I mentioned how brilliant my husband is?  Well, in case I haven´t, you must know that he is.  I am thankful to have somebody with me in this foreign country that speaks the language FLUENTY.  It really comes in handy.  I love to travel to other lands but I prefer taking my husband along [...]

I am Thankful how God Orchestrates it all

I am sitting in a Pollo Campero restaurant in Salama, Guatemala.  I am thankful for all the folks we are meeting and how God shows that HE is in control- even when we think we are! 
Still many uncertain things about the orphanage, and yes, about us moving.  A lot of emotions.  A lot of questions.  A [...]

I am thankful that I married a man that gets a letter of recommendation like this

To Whom It May Concern:
 
I have just recently had the opportunity to get to know the husband (no, it didn’t say that but I must protect his name) and to work with him on a federal grant request.  I was extremely impressed with his ability to synthesize large amounts of technical information in to clear and understandable narratives, [...]