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, ...
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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 ...
Friday Favorites: Good Friday Edition
Wow. It's been a week. In fact, yesterday was a week all in itself. Just ask my friend who hosted the most fun, most lovely and most injury-laden Easter Egg Hunt ever. Seriously. We came away with a bruised leg on one child and a split upper lip on the other. Thankfully, the fish food pellet was successfully extracted from someone else's child's ear. Still, we had fun. We certainly did. ...