Category Archives: love all around

and this is love

I have spent the past week on a Thailand Compassion Sponsor Tour. You might recall I did this last year, too. But this year has been different for me – we now have a sponsor child in Thailand and I … Continue reading

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do the kids have to make up flood days

it has flooded.  people kept talking about it.  saying it was imminent.  or saying it wouldn’t reach us.  we weren’t sure who to believe, but we knew who we wanted to believe.  we did all the flood prep we knew to … Continue reading

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nicola

revisiting the haiku and x365… lovely nicola you speak a truth i can hear my heart whisperer

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just like the good ol’ days

the past few days we’ve gotten to spend quite a bit of time with our old neighbors. we love our old neighborhood and we still own our house in that neighborhood. we don’t love the house and never really have, … Continue reading

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signs of change

sure signs the seasons they are a changing here in chiang mai frigid morning and evening temperatures.  and when i say frigid i mean it. it was 66 this morning and i didn’t want to get out from under the … Continue reading

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april break

april break is coming to an end. and we did a bunch of nothing. or at least i did. the oldest two, c16 and c13 went on a mission trip. they spent a week in two villages in northern thailand. … Continue reading

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it isn’t working and i don’t know why

meant to post this yesterday, but our internet is being funky.  we show that we’re connected, but it’s so slow.  too slow to actually bring up any pages.  but what i was gonna say yesterday was…   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MICHAEL!! … Continue reading

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i get real jittery when i think about it

this time last year the summer loomed in front of us.  a tortuously long summer with no idea what we would do with ourselves.  we did have that trip to penang to be excited about – we were wrong to … Continue reading

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hoppin’ down the bunny trail…

today was our second easter egg hunt here in thailand.  i think it’s pretty impressive that we’re starting to repeat annual activities – makes me feel like one of the old timers.  sort of.  okay, not really.  but this year … Continue reading

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tying up loose ends

the house – we talked to the wife of the owner (whose baby is due today)  she said the house isn’t for sale.  she’s been nothing but lovely and honest with us, so we’re choosing to believe her.  no other … Continue reading

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