Life: unmasked
I Don’t Think It’s Just the Jet-lag Talking ~ Life:Unmasked
I’m [relatively] safe and sound at home, 8,000 miles from Sri Lanka, today. The time change has been rough, compounded by the 33 hours of travel to get home. My body keeps telling me to stop pulling all-nighters. It begins to shut down mid-afternoon in protest of the total routine inversion I’ve inflicted on it…
Read MoreWhen a Five-Year-Old Schools His Mom in Faith ~ Life:Unmasked
In climbing, one of the first things you need to learn is how to fall. After watching my kids tackle the climbing wall, and after climbing it myself, I understand why. We have to learn to trust the safety line and to descend in such a way that we don’t hit the wall or the…
Read MoreLike a Second Honeymoon without the Learning Curve ~ Life:Unmasked
We had two and a half child-free days this weekend, my husband and I. It was glorious. Like a second honeymoon, only without the beach and the newly-married learning curve. We did crazy first-year-of-marriage things like eating out and staying up too late and sleeping in and napping and shopping together. I wasn’t tired (imagine…
Read MoreI’m Scared, but That’s Good ~ Life:Unmasked
I dig around in my Swiss Army backpack, looking for his passport. I can’t find it. I have mine, but not his. Panic tightens in my chest as my son tugs on me, whining that he is hungry. I look at the clock. We need to grab a meal before our flight leaves. We have…
Read MoreWhen I Am Old I Shall Dye My Hair Aqua ~ Life:Unmasked
I want to color my hair aqua. Not blue. Not green. Aquamarine. I’ve daydreamed about it since I graduated from college. Why? Why indeed. Because I’ve spent too much of my life trying to be just like everyone else. But I’m not. God made you and…
Read MoreSo This Guy Asked if I’d Fly to the Other Side of the World ~ Life:Unmasked
It isn’t every day that I get a second chance via text message. It’s happened exactly once, as a matter of fact, just a two weeks ago when Matthew Paul Turner invited me to join a team of bloggers traveling to Sri Lanka to report on World Vision’s work there. It isn’t every day that…
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