I was asked by a couple of people to share my tribute to my mom that I shared at her memorial, which was held on August 19th, 2023 at Arbor Road Church….
Category: Personal
Re-Entry: The Hunger and Loss of Adventure
One of the amazing things about travel, and more than travel, living in another part of the world is that things are different. It’s what makes cultural adjustment difficult. But it’s also…
Re-Entry: Changing the Photos
When do you change the photos? We all face this simple family decision. When do we update the family photo in the living room? When do we swap out the old family…
Re-Entry: Sarcasm
One of the re-entry journeys that I did not expect was how difficult it was for our family to get re-acquainted with sarcasm after most of the last decade in Asia. For…
The Virtues Vs. The Soda Machine: Re-Entry #1
It’s the second straight summer we’ve been back in the United States and it’s the second straight summer of cross-cultural weirdness. Many are familiar with the concept of re-entry, it’s the idea…
In Memory of a Dear Friend
It’s been just over a week since getting the news that a dear friend of mine passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Danielle (Tschirky) Montiel was my age, with kids…
1 Day 3 Kids 3 Ways of Affection
Our family is in a bit of transition, and we have been it seems for about 2 1/2 years now! But recently we made a move to a different part of the…
Personal Reflections on the LA Riots Part 1
It’s crazy to believe that the LA Riots or “civil unrest” was 20 years ago. As the media has been starting to take people back to what happened 20 years ago, I’ve…
Is Pain the Key to Empowerment?
It’s timely to re-post today one of the most popular posts ever on my blog, or top 10 at least. Morgan’s got another jog-a-thon in the morning (Thursday) and it brings back…