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When I was a little girl, I wrote stories on rough sheets of unlined construction paper my mother bought at Gibson’s Five and Dime store....
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Sep 18, 20184 min read
What Came Across My News Feed in Sewing Class
Yesterday we welcomed 13 new students for the fall session of our Refugee and Immigrant Sewing Enterprise. They came ready to sew, but...
Jun 19, 20186 min read
And Now, the Rest of the Story
Before we moved into our house last year, we constructed a long list of things we needed to purge and cable television was one of them....
May 24, 20183 min read
Generous People and Amazon Shopping
A while back, before I lived in the non-profit world and realized how truly generous most people are, I decided to ditch the corporate...
Apr 1, 20184 min read
Lenten Deep Dive
My proclamation a few weeks before Lent began – that I was giving up grumbling for the six weeks – was probably a relief for the people...
Sep 26, 20174 min read
The Risk of Listening
This blog post is about Nambia. Yes, I’m going there. Not literally, because there is no country of Nambia. In a speech to African...
Sep 9, 20165 min read
Make Something Beautiful
But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious...
Nov 28, 20143 min read
If You’re Reading This at 5 a.m…
I have a Black Friday shopping story for you. Many years ago Kyle and I got up at 5 a.m. to hunt Furbies, got sick of the whole circus by...
Nov 16, 20142 min read
What We Have Seen
It’s been three days since we’ve been home from Ghana and this time, post-trip, I’ve done something new and different. I’ve let down....
Nov 9, 20141 min read
Sunday Lunch Photos
I’m taking the easy way out and posting photos from our Sunday lunch today with the families in the Rising Village programs. I can’t take...
Nov 7, 20142 min read
Day Four: Puff Bread, Bed Nets, and Little Girl Dresses
Today is Friday. We are halfway through our time here in Ghana, which is hard to believe. We visited more families today, and made a stop...
Nov 6, 20142 min read
Connecting Across the Continents
Today, it felt like Ghana – hot, sunny, and a little humid. No, actually it was very humid. Yesterday, Chris wondered where all that hot...
Nov 5, 20142 min read
Day Two: It Rains
We brought the rains – at least that is what Isaac says. I started this post writing in my little Wexford 50-sheet notebook with the rain...
Nov 5, 20142 min read
We’re Back in Ghana: Half of Day One
This is last night’s post, but the WiFi was not cooperating, so I’m once again posting after the fact. Just pretend it is about 3:29 p.m....
Nov 2, 20143 min read
It’s Orphan Sunday: Rise and Go
It seems perfectly fitting that on Orphan Sunday we are boarding a flight to Ghana – a country I was introduced to through the faces of...
Apr 30, 20143 min read
Let’s Honor the Mothers Together
My mother died six years ago this month. I remember the Mother’s Day after her funeral when I sat on the back patio and watched a nest of...
Feb 3, 20143 min read
Ghana Day Six (Last Day): Meet James, Yaa, and Eunice
Our last day in Ankaase was great weather. Cool this morning and dry and warm (okay, a little hot) this afternoon. But definitely my kind...
Feb 3, 20144 min read
Ghana Day Five: Jubilee Dinner
About a week before I left, Kyle and I had the idea to throw a dinner party for the Rising Village families. We thought this would be an...
Feb 1, 20143 min read
Ghana Day Four: Babies, Farms, and Betty!
When I land in Ghana, sometimes it takes a couple of days to emerge from the slight culture shock. I feel as if there is so little that...
Jan 31, 20142 min read
Ghana Day Three: To Kumasi and Back
I’m not a shopper, but we trekked through the streets of Kumasi (no small feat, see photo below) and when we returned to the Mission...
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