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Christmas 2014
This being our first Christmas in Michigan and away from family the pace of life seemed altogether much slower. Had we been in Iowa there would’ve been a lot more dinners and lunches involved whereas...
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Ian Matthew
Last Mother’s Day weekend when my parents were visiting us for the first time in Michigan I got a FaceTime call from my sister. I knew immediately she was calling to tell me she was going to be a mom....
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On being a Christian who doesn’t go to church.
One of the more popular texts/emails I received after my last blog was from the Christian contigency of readers asking if I had found a church. If you’re not in Christian circles you might not be...
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Coming to Terms with My Own Struggles So I Can Better Help My Kids Come to...
Last night we had to sit down with one of our sons and break the world down for him a bit. We’ve noticed this child has started to do things just to be cool. For now it’s nothing alarming, mostly just...
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Ethiopia Trip-Singing in Joy and Sorrow
I wrote a few blogs while in Ethiopia but never had solid enough wifi to post them. I’ll post some now and then I’ll write a recap blog that is more about specifics about our itinerary, cost of the...
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Ethiopia Trip-On Water
While we were having lunch with Tariku’s special people at the hotel I started to feel my belly rumble. It had been feeling off all day but I assumed it was nerves and excitement for the day to come. I...
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Ethiopia Trip-Our Second Day in the Villages
This post was written on Wednesday, November 11. ————————————————- I woke up this morning knowing I was going to make it to the villages. I had slept soundly through the night, despite sleeping most of...
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Trump
A few months ago my sister-in-law and I started a podcast. (This is genuinely the real reason I haven’t blogged since it began.) I’ll go into that more in a future blog but it is because of that...
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An Open Letter to My Daughter On the Precipice of Puberty…
Yesterday we were at an orthopedic appointment for Binyam and while waiting for him to be done with his x-rays Dailah and I were talking. This is when she told me that for lunch she was able to have...
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Who We Are When No One’s Watching
It’s been awhile. So much to say. But for now go check out my post on the Mama Bear Blog (I’m posting over there a bit more regularly). “Almost three years ago we moved from both of our families and...
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