By the Way

Each semester we fill out a self-reflection form on how different areas of life are going - daily responsibilities, family, interactions wi...

When I texted a friend to let her know I was at the hospital, she asked “Did you bring someone to run up and down or you?” Clearly she has ...

In some years past, spring has crept up on me unawares. I looked out the window surprised to find the ground covered in fresh green gras...

We have now lived in the same apartment for over three years – a record! It has also been 5.5 years since we moved to Yinchuan! In honor...

I am sitting in a tiny chair, listening to Juliana's kindergarten teacher rattle off a bunch of instructions to parents, thinking, “I...

The first pill was surprisingly hard to take. It wasn't the first time I had been on an anti-depressant, and I was not opposed to s...

I usually say, “I can't believe this child is getting so old! Where did the time go?” For the first few months of Nadia's life ...

2016 almost perfectly encompassed a year of babyhood. I started the year pregnant and exhausted, just two weeks out from giving birth. ...

This is the season of darkness. We eat breakfast and dinner with a backdrop of blackness. Every day is just a little shorter, as th...

One delivery company has packages piled up on the ground just before classes let out.  A few minutes later the whole area was filled with ...