June 20 will mark 1 year since we left Mexico and moved back to the United States. People have stopped asking me how the transition is going. And I don’t blame them. We’ve been here for nearly an entire year. We should be all settled in by now, right? But the truth is, in… Continue reading Make Mine an Adventure
Dearest Mexico, You have been our home for nearly 6 years now. In just five days we will move back to the United States, but it’s not because we dislike you. The truth is that we have fallen in love with you. Your bright colors, bold food, and beautiful land and people have stolen… Continue reading Dearest Mexico
It’s a new year. New years are for resolutions, big plans, goals, overarching themes, and what not. I am having a hard time coming up with resolutions for this year. I keep going over this post from last year in my head. Suddenly I feel the need for a grand resolution for this year – something… Continue reading Resolve, Not a Resolution
It’s official. There’s no turning back. They hired a new principal. As of August 2017 David will not have a job. I turned in my letter of intent saying that I will not return for the next school year. In summer of 2017 we are headed somewhere. Now comes the scary part. The waiting and… Continue reading It’s Official
It happened again. We made plans. Plans that we were completely at peace with. Plans that seemed comfortable and right. Just two short weeks ago I was sure we were moving. And then God turned those plans upside down. We were going to move back to the U.S. in June. We were looking at houses… Continue reading It Happened Again
“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appear for a little time and then… Continue reading Work in Progress
Excited Scared Anticipative All of these words, these feelings, surround me as I consider what lies ahead. We moved to Mexico 4 and a half years ago – for the learning experience; for the adventure. We said we would be here two years at most. And then we stayed. We moved to another apartment, we… Continue reading Moving Forward
