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Returning Home – Part II
I knew this would be difficult, but I didn’t know it would start being difficult this early. I never had to think about visas before. When I lived in Mongolia last time, there was a committee of people who handled my visa for me. And I was by myself. When you’re young and alone and…
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Returning Home – Part I
This is my first time blogging. I guess I write it more as a journal, but I’ve been meaning to write for a while now. There have been a few places that have felt like home to me. Of course, when I was a child, every place my parents were felt like home. I lived…
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A New Chapter
Not long after my last post, things began to move in a certain direction for our family. A podcast from the Church News was shared with Tom, my husband about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mongolia. He listened to this podcast and remembered his love for Mongolia that…
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Jumping Back In!
It has been years since I’ve posted here, but am feeling the pull and the value of what this space offers. So much has happened. We’ve moved to Kansas and lived here for just over three years now. Tom now works for IBM. And probably two big things that I know I haven’t written about…
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Colorado Road Ragnar 2019
A couple weekends ago I was very blessed to participate in my second Ragnar Relay. Four years ago I ran one with many of the same people in Tennessee. This year we connected in Colorado. I think it means so much more to me because in the beginning, I didn’t know if I would be…
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Kid Update
It has been such a long time since I have have written anything. I think that it is time for me to do an update on my kids. Matthew is 15. He is such a peaceful, fun kid. He wants peace. He brings peace. He also has such a fun, happy-go-lucky personality. He is pretty…
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January and Hibernation
I was talking to my sister-in-law and great friend Jamie and we both decided that next year we would like to hibernate during the month of January. That would be nice if it were possible, but a little extreme, especially being a wife and mother. I would have to put the rest of my family…
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Seven is a lucky number
Where do I begin? Tommy has been in our family now for seven years. He is the sweetest, most imaginative, curious, bright, vibrant, focused, intelligent boy. Here he is loving Toby, our new adopted dog. A boy and his dog. He loves his siblings, and he loves learning. Everything. He doesn’t have just one favorite…
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Carla’s Coming!
Carly has been with us now for four months. I am going to do my best to remember the circumstances surrounding her birth because they are important to me. Before this delivery, I had five epidurals. Two of them went very smoothly and the other three did not. The epidural with Matthew’s delivery I couldn’t…
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Once in a Lifetime
I have been meaning to write this post for about a week. Hopefully I can remember the events that took place well enough, despite my procrastination. The solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017 across North America was something that we had on our calendars for months. As the time drew near, we…