We hope you and your loved ones had a good year in 2021 and were able to renew many of your “normal” activities. Though we’ve adapted to the changes brought on by Covid, most of us continue to have challenges of one sort or another. Please let me know how I can be praying for you. While reading my stories and devotions, have you ever wondered who I am and what I do? Well, a big part of my life…
Guess what? I’m excited to share with you about the special event, Truth4TCKs 2021, for Christian third culture kids! Back when I transitioned from the boarding school in Nigeria to a public high school in California, I felt lost and alone. I was a stranger in my home culture and I really could have used a conference like this for TCKs. But first, who are third culture kids or TCKs? A TCK is a person who has lived within two…
Earlier this year I posted on my blog the story titled, “I Tested Positive for COVID-19 Antibodies.” Here’s a recap along with additional news. In April, one month after Shelter In Place regulations began, my doctor’s office emailed their patients that plenty of antibody tests were available. The doctors recommended everyone who was now healthy but had recently been sick or had traveled, to get the test done. That week, my husband, Chris, and I drove to the lab for…
This month I needed a little bit of humor. A missionary mom who’s raising her kids overseas shared this list in a prayer letter to their church.
My writing mentors used me as a critique guinea pig as we brainstormed my story. This was my first-ever time to be featured on a video.
Hi friends, For those of you who are writing your personal story, or have ever thought about it, here’s a unique opportunity. If you want encouragement in journaling or writing your personal experiences, please join me tomorrow (Tuesday, June 9) at 10 a.m. PST for a workshop hosted by Susy Flory of Everything Memoir. The class will be led by Marci Seither who has sold more than two dozen stories to Guideposts. In the 45-minute session, she shows us how…
Because I had the flu and traveled to the UK, I took the COVID-19 antibody test. But I was still surprised when I showed positive for the coronavirus.
Today, March 16, Chris and I are celebrating our 35th year of wedded bliss! For the past year we anticipated a month-long vacation in Scotland where Chris lived until he was five and where we had a second wedding reception on our honeymoon three and a half decades ago. We’ve had a delightful week here in the Old Country. However, travel restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 have persuaded us to return to California. I’m so grateful to celebrate…
Over the past year and a half, I’ve written twenty-four of my childhood stories and have enjoyed the feedback from those who read them. Every month I posted the articles on my blog, then uploaded them to several Facebook groups for MKs (missionary kids). One of the groups is Kent Academy, the boarding school in Nigeria where I lived for grades one through nine (except grade five in California). I know most of the 540 members in the group, or…
This summer I’m taking a break from writing to restore my soul. In the meantime I’m re-purposing my daughter’s childhood bedroom into a sanctuary.