We were all up at 4:30 AM because we had gone to bed so early so we unpacked a bit, hung out in the room and went down to breakfast at 6:30 AM. This breakfast buffet was amazing, I have never seen anything like it before. Stations for everything – Fruit and yogurt, Cantonese dim… Continue reading China Day 2 – Great Wall Tour
Papi took us to Newark airport and everything went smooth through TSA Prechek. We got some breakfast before getting on the plane at 12:00. The flight was smooth, Loli was a trooper. She and I only slept for about 20-30 min. at the tail end of the flight. She was exhausted but still did so… Continue reading China Day 1 – Arrival to Beijing
Summer is living in a perpetual state of S’more ingredients. Backyard BBQs, pool parties, riding bikes to the lake, catching toads, digging up worms, light saber wars in the woods. I grew up in suburban Central Pennsylvania, a far cry from the busy Brooklyn streets that bred my parents until they married in 1974. Fresh… Continue reading Making Memories
I had visited her foster home just 4 months before she arrived, loving on poor heart-sick babies. Clapping, singing and smiling amidst boys with limb differences, tiny newborns with feeding tubes and gaping cleft lip smiles. These faces became etched on my heart, on my mind and my soul. I saw these children as… Continue reading Bear Witness
Last summer a friend, while volunteering in China, sent me a picture of this little thing, feeding tube in her nose, chubby baby flesh squeezed into a bright green swimsuit, half bent over an inflatable turtle swim ring. The cuteness overflowing from her dark brown eyes and pudgy baby elbows. She was adorable, and was… Continue reading Passionate Pursuit
It was at an outreach conference at our church that we heard the call. A weekend full of horrific truth about the world’s child trafficking problem. A reminder that here in America we live so well, so full, so blessed. The conference was coming to an end and we were all seated, in circles, heads… Continue reading Everly – The Beginning
When I think of all the places my family has travelled, all the beaches my children’s tiny toes have touched, I am in awe of all God has done. What a precious, blessed life we live as a military family. With this life comes sacrifice but so many other families sacrifice more than we will… Continue reading Sand Between Their Toes
It feels weird to say those words. I had cancer. Not I have cancer. It’s over, my 9 months of hell is over and it feels surreal. It’s a bit anti-climactic actually. They amputate your breasts, you struggle through 6 harrowing rounds of chemo, radiate yourself 25 times and commit to never forget to taking… Continue reading I Had Cancer…
I’ve learned a few things about cancer over the past 6 months. Some much needed lessons and most hard to accept. 1. God gave me this cancer for a reason. Yes, I wholeheartedly believe that. Am I mad? Yes! Heck yes, but mostly not at God. I know that He has a much bigger picture… Continue reading Some Truths About Cancer
Breast cancer patients suffer symptoms of post traumatic stress. We try our best to focus on our blessings, our God, our families, our support networks but we have a constant internal struggle against this life-altering disease. I call it living on the edge. Not in the sense of the word where you may drop everything… Continue reading Living on the edge…
Newlywed Nomads 