Small town girl with big world vision
Time is running out. It is slipping away faster than I would like. Sunshine leaves in just a few short days, and our lives are once again overwhelmed by the reality of losing her presence. I held a crying boy in my arms sobbing, “My sister is leaving. I don’t want her to go.” I…
Welcome to the new home of my blog. I will be using this site from now on. I’m excited to start posting about the next leg of this adventure. I’m also now on Twitter. Follow me @Hexagonalpeg I will be leaving for Latvia in just under two weeks–it’s coming fast! I will be posting updates…
“It is my life. My body.” The words are spit across the expanse of my kitchen, daring me to respond in kind. I want to. I really, really want to. But I know that a philosophical discussion about the age of responsibility for one’s mortal shell is not really what’s at stake here. Independence is…
She came back for me. That is all. Not America. Not all the people she met. Me. She tells me this many times. That weighs heavily. I know that it is partly not true. I don’t come separate from all of the rest—Little Man, family life, extended friends and family—and I know that this, too,…
Many people have described life as a tapestry: here on earth, we see the back and the mess of strings and don’t understand how it is all coming together. But someday, the Master Weaver will show us the finished product and we will marvel. Sometimes, though, we are lucky enough to get a sneak peek,…
