It’s boat racing day here in Luang Prabang and all is beery, cheery chaos out on the streets. Boat racing day is sort of a fair cum rowing festival. The…
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Life in Laos
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[This post was inspired by my friend, Jenn LeBow’s series on mercy. This week, she asked people to write about “What Mercy Isn’t.” Follow this link to read more posts…
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Dominic’s latest trick is to waddle over to the shoe basket, dig until he finds a tiny shoe, and then carry it over and drop it in front of me.…
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My mother has been here in Laos for two weeks now helping out with Dominic and saving my sanity (or, at the very least, forestalling a complete breakdown). With Mike…
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We traveled back to Laos from Thailand last Wednesday, a week after Mike’s surgery. Three suitcases, three carry-ons, a stroller, a baby, and a husband who couldn’t lift anything. It…
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Apparently, the word travel has a common origin with the word travail. During the era when travel was uncomfortable and often dangerous, the French word trepaliare (torture) spawned the word…