By the Way

My first trip to Chiang Mai was in college; it was the first foreign country I ever visited.  That first time, everything was strange and e...

When I had a job, it was easier to define my role in life.  Teacher - The focus of my life seemed to fit well into that description. I spen...

Three days into the New Year and I am sick again.  Or perhaps truthfully, I never quite got over that cold that arrived with December.  I f...

This Christmas season I was prepared.  I had all kinds of Christmas activities planned out to do with the girls and our students.  I had an...

Thanksgiving morning two years ago, I discovered that Juliana's room was being overrun with mold.  I spent a day furiously scrubbing an...

The 8 o'clock "go to school" bell is ringing as I snap on Juliana's helmet.  Coat, gloves, towel to cover the legs, princ...

Welcoming the parents and grandparents Today Juliana's 幼儿园 kindergarten had a "parents day" where parents and grandparen...

I hear voices.  Of course on the outside, I hear very loud voices of very loud children asking questions, making her demands, protesting i...

Biking through campus Autumn comes to the Hundred Acre Woods  One thing many western parents miss about living in China is having ...

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Adalyn Lucia.  Sigh, I'm a little sad that she's already a year old!  She is just such a cut...