I wrote Part 1 six weeks after we moved; you can read that post here. Six months ago, my sister and I left our home in Nicaragua and moved 4,000 miles away. The decision to move was a sudden one, and in many ways…
Category: <span>From My Desk</span>
Near the end of last year, I got a job working with English Language Learners in a public elementary school. To be honest, I was a little surprised they hired…
Happy New Year! Starting a brand new year always makes me feel optimistic. I know there’s nothing special about January 1st. I know that the fact that we consider this…
It’s that time of year again—the time when millions of people start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. People latch onto January 1st as the perfect time to start working on…
A couple of weeks ago, I sliced three of my fingers open. In my defense, the bread knife someone kindly gave us when we moved here is quite a bit…
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, and some say, no; So…
It’s our first month of “regular” life since moving back to the States. We’re done moving into our house, and things are finally settling down into the new version of…
It’s been almost six weeks since I left home. Sometimes, I feel like it can’t possibly have been that long. The last few weeks feel blurred together, a jumbled mess…
I left home a month ago and moved 4,000 miles away. I had two weeks’ warning. Two weeks to pack up whatever was most important to me and move out of…
Last summer, I spent nearly two months trying to find a pair of jeans that fit. It wasn’t easy. Some of them kept sliding down, and I had to be…