I was sitting across from our newest teammate as she struggled to put into words just how frustrated she was with everyone around her. She'd only been on the field for a few months, and the honeymoon stage of living life in a totally new culture h...

I was in the midst of the kind of crying where the snot from my nose and the tears from my eyes slimed my mouth. My eldest had said goodbye hours before and was probably way past airport security. He was oh so excited about college, and I was exci...

Morning sickness was brutal with my second pregnancy. The nausea I felt lasted well into the day, and we found the best way to combat it was to keep eating... good stuff like protein, meats, eggs, cheese, and the like. 

People were crowding and pushing each other as they lined up to receive their bread. The line was long, and sometimes there weren’t enough loaves. The three days a week that the volunteer center offered a free loaf of bread were always ‘adventurou...