Seriously, no matter where we go we seem to find adventure. Or maybe adventure finds us. Either way, today was most definitely an adventure. We left our mountain house to head further up the mountain to find snow and a good sledding area. We were told that it would be a thirty minute drive. But…
Sapped
Tired. Such a simple word, yet the only one that I can use to accurately describe how I am truly doing. I have been craving solitude, but with all of my obligations as mother, wife and church administrator that is difficult to do. Deep sorrow and grief can never be understood by someone who has…
Back to the Islands
Life is a journey that has an unknown final destination. We make plans, but God often inserts twists and turns that can either make us dizzy or cause us to take bold steps. My life drove straight into a cement wall on December 18th, and I had a choice to make. Would I dwell on…
Just Let Me Cry
Reading through my blog post titled “Ringing Ears” I can’t help but think about how while I was writing that post my parents were dying. I remember that after writing the blog I wanted to call mom to tell her about it, but when I looked at the time it was 11:30 P.M. (firemen were…
The Agonizing Loss of My Parents
In my deepest sorrow, the darkest moments I have ever lived, I turn to the coping method that has always worked best for me since I was a young girl: writing. Yesterday morning my alarm went off at 6:45. I felt quite at peace and serene, and realized that my children had all slept in…
Ringing Ears
Being a mother of three children between the ages of five and two is no simple task. Add a fulltime job and a husband who works at night on top of that and you’ll have my life. I have tried to find a stronger word than ‘exhausted,’ but to this day I haven’t found one….
Going Back to the Islands?
Life in Tinian came to an end in June 2014, due to the fact that I was expecting our third child. We were counseled to return home for various reasons, so that is what we did. But for the past two years Neemias and I have both felt like our hearts stayed in the Marianas….
Life-Threatening Waves
Saturday morning we decided to go play in the sand at Tachogna Beach. It has been windy and stormy that last few days, so we knew we would not swim as the waves are huge and dangerous. The waves were so big that we were actually sitting way up on the beach under the trees…
City Girl
While monitoring my class on the playground I like to walk the length of it to think and get some exercise. The other day I was thinking about the different places I have lived in the last 28 years. Most of my childhood was spent in Rome, with a population of almost 3 million people….
Torrential Rain
Life here is flying by and I never seem to have time to write! We have had many little family adventures in the last few weeks, such as running in the rain and watching our huge beach ball float out into the ocean, which we eventually retrieved from the banana boat guy who had found…
Let it Rain
Thankfully a wonderful downpour of rain accompanied this evening. It was such an unbearably hot and sticky day; the rain cooled us off dramatically. If only it could happen every night! One of the reasons why we moved out here was that we desired for God to use us in a different way. We…
Unpacking
It’s amazing how messy unpacking can be, especially with two small children. As soon as I put something away Gabriel was there to take it out.
The Cortes Odyssey 