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Category: a piece of my mind

May 28, 2021April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, learning how to not be afraid

Everyday Courage

At the fruit stand across the highway from my turn off I see an old man sweeping every day, sweeping, until the […]

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June 23, 2019April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, Family Culture, the parenting files

My Children Have Always Been Third Culture Kids, and That’s a Good Thing

When you live overseas with children a conversation you might often have is about raising third culture kids, or TCKs. TCK is […]

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December 24, 2017April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, a piece of my mind, Advent, The Charis Project

What Christmas Songs Tell Us About Hate

It’s all around us this time of year, if we listen. Subversive, revolutionary ideas about how the world ought to be fill […]

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November 26, 2017April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, living in Thailand, The Charis Project

On Not Taking Things For Granted

We play a little thought game sometimes, my husband and I. It’s simple really. We take what we know about the people […]

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September 26, 2016April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, learning how to not be afraid

Love Your Enemy

Last night I had the privilege of meeting a young man who is Rohingya. His father is Muslim, his grandfather is Muslim, […]

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August 6, 2016April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, story of my life, this life together thing

Thoughts on Marriage, sixteen years in.

2000 When Aaron asked me to marry him, he did it three times. (I wrote about the first time here.) He says […]

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April 11, 2014April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, so do something about it, The Charis Project

An Embarrassment of Riches

She carefully hands me the coins she has swept up from the corners of my bedroom, this change I didn’t even notice […]

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February 1, 2013April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, capturing contentment, personal growth

When Reality Doesn’t Conform to Expectations

The other night Bam Bam woke up in a mood. You know the kind. He’s not hungry, he’s not thirsty, he doesn’t […]

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December 16, 2012April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, so do something about it

On Being a Broken People

Thursday morning I drove to the airport in L.A. where Aaron and the Boy boarded their flight to Thailand. They are spending […]

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December 6, 2012April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, gender issues, the parenting files

Promise to my Daughters

Dear Daughters, As you continue to grow, not only in size, but in beauty and brains and all that good stuff, I […]

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