Sent and spent, and I do it gladly
This morning, I woke up feeling tired. As my daughter eloquently put it, "Life has been life-ing." I feel both sent and spent.
This morning, I woke up feeling tired. As my daughter eloquently put it, "Life has been life-ing." I feel both sent and spent.
"You should make meatballs," my grandmother (Mummu) said. I was afraid to admit to her that I had never attempted to make them. Mummu was pretty quick. She must've read…
We decided to stay together for always. So far, always has led us to 41 years. That's how long I will have been married to Jamie in July this year,…
The post expresses the author's journey in a long-lasting marriage filled with differing habits especially about organizing. The author tends to get things done without writing lists, in contrast to her husband who lives by them. Facing these differences, they have learned to accommodate each other's tendencies over forty years of marriage, and have worked collaboratively in raising children, serving as missionaries, and managing administrative tasks, all without keeping score of who does more. The post emphasizes it's the lessons learned in putting each other's welfare first that matters.
One of the biggest learning curves while working overseas is learning the culture of your host country. Culture affects everything from grocery shopping to securing a lease on a property.…
For all the newcomers, I would like to take a moment to welcome you to A Cultural Shift, a most unusual blog. I hope the content encourages you to explore…
“It won’t be good enough,” I told myself. In 10th grade, I worked for weeks on a science project. I was sure my miserable project would barely earn me a…
The list of dos and don'ts in our lives is endless. As our children grow from infants to toddlers, we bombard them with "No, no, no!" Almost everything is off-limits…
It’s the day after Mother’s Day, and I’m sitting alone in the quiet early morning hours. Getting up early isn’t new to me. While I’d love to enjoy a late-morning lie-in, my…
Happy Mother's Day to all the incredible moms out there! In honor of all mothers, I'm sharing some parenting lessons I've learned. I hope you enjoy answering the question, "How…