By the Way

I am the one going around turning off the lights and turning down the music. I hate using overhead lights. During the day, our apartment ...

Trigger Warning: Sexual harassment and assault It was a stranger on a crowded bus.  A man in a shopping mall.  A “friend” who was a li...

I am the first to admit (and complain) that this age is hard.  So hard, so exhausting, so constant. Some days I long for the girls to be old...

When we returned home in August, our thick winter boots were still by the door, a silent reminder of the last year. I am very easily visu...

...an abnormal number of your family pictures were taken in airports You frequently refer to yourself as “a foreigner.” When you ...

We made six trips to the pharmacy in one day, plus a few more on the following days.  Part of our back-to-China buying frenzy is getting a...

Sure the trees are nice, but where are all the people?? We are on vacation in the mountains, staying in a beautiful guesthouse for ov...

20 hours down, 10 to go The first day back in America I think, “The trip was too short.”  Believe me, I this is NOT a thought I have at...