The battery on my computer is running low and can't be charged at this moment, but I want so much to write a bit about the past two days. The problem is that I have no idea where to begin. Yesterday (Saturday), we kept the schedule pretty clear, running errands and getting re-acquainted with the city we used to call home. Can I tell you how I love it? (Maybe I'll do a post soon...with ...
It’s a small world after all….
I have proof. Tonight, a Chinese gentleman sat down across from me at dinner, looking a little familiar. He lives and serves here in East Africa, and feeling as though I had seen him before, I asked him how long he had lived here. (I was thinking maybe we had met in language school.) The answer was: not long enough to have met me here. So, I asked where he and his wife came from, ...
Notes from Nana: Weddings and Marriage
June is traditionally the month of weddings. A wedding ceremony does not make a marriage but is an important beginning. Traditionally: “a bride is a woman who is about to be married or who has just been married, a fiancée.” Likewise, “a bridegroom is a man who is about to be married or has just been married.” Are any of you readers of Mississippi Mom about to have a wedding in your ...
Thursday Thoughts: This time next week…
I've been a bit behind at blogging during the past few weeks, and while I could list the reasons for days, I'll just share this one with you: This time next week, I will be on my way to Africa. It's hard to believe, but not in that normal, "we've been planning this trip for ages" kind of way...in a much more "what a whirlwind this has been" kind of way. And it has. Since the day my husband ...