Have you ever noticed that Sunday mornings are difficult?  

It was a long-standing joke between my husband and me. Whenever we returned stateside, I'd elbow my husband in the side and say, "Wait for it." Sure enough, after a long hug, the first words out of my mother-in-law's mouth were, "Girl, your hair s...

As a teenager, I would often bargain with God, earnestly praying, “God, if you make me rich, one day I’ll open an orphanage and help the poor.” Now, over 30 years later, I can attest that God has indeed blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. Though ...

Shared experiences have given me some of my best culture lessons. Shared loss of electricity, noisy parties, and broken water pipes made me less of an oddity in our building. As neighbors, we were inconvenienced, challenged and flooded together. A...