By the Way

Just one more week until we are back in America! Never before have I been so excited about the luxury of having running water all day long....

As I mentioned in my last post , most parenting decisions are not worth the division they often cause, but I feel there are a few definite e...

There are a lot of things that bothered me about the now infamous Time's breastfeeding cover. It wasn't the woman nursing her thre...

Sometimes I imagine what my life would be like in an alternate reality. I don't feel discontent with this life; I just wonder what lif...

“Don't run into the street” seems to be one of those basic childhood rules. It's an unquestionably important issues to have square...

I was just reading a blog post from a woman who has lived in China for many, many years.  She has a lot of great culture insights, and I wa...

A few days ago Kevin came home from class saying the school would be taking the foreign students on an all day trip. Our semester schedule...

I mentioned that last week our toilet stopped flushing, and when our landlord came by he said he would replace it right away. By “right aw...

Today we got to stop by and see Juliana's old ayi at her new workplace.  Juliana was not immediately excited to see her.  It took at lea...

A week ago I mentioned we took a walk through a nearby hutong type area of homes .  While there, we saw a sign about a home for rent.  We...