It is the season of busy (it is also the season of ash falling from the sky as they have started burning the rice field in preparation for planting, but …
lisa and mike
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I did not stop to seriously consider the implications of my actions before stenciling a giant PATIENCE on Dominic’s cast. Luang Prabang is a tourist town and it’s the tail …
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As you can probably imagine, Mike and I have talked about many things since Dominic’s accident. Much of what we’ve been mulling over is serious, hard stuff and nowhere near …
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.†(Annais Nin) Happy New Years Eve! In the spirit of celebrating roads already travelled on this last day …
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It is an unhappy sort of irony that ever since I switched the theme of my fruits of the spirit blog series to joy, joy has felt in rather short …
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We’ve been back in Laos now for all of four hours. They’ve gone something like this… As I look out the window while we’re coming in to land, I think …
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We’re in Melbourne for a couple of days so that we can show baby bear to the officials at the US consulate and apply for his passport. It’s been a …
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This post is a continuation of the discussion we began on Friday about the most important quality in a marriage. Below is an excerpt from the memoir I am working …
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This post is part of a series on the fruits of the spirit. The current theme is love. Mike and I are three weeks into this latest separation and it …
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This post is an addendum to one of my favorite posts from the last year, Life lessons in pregnancy and breastfeeding from cows. 5AM this morning: Me: “Dominic!!†Mike: “What’s …
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I am typing this one handed while Dominic sleeps on my left shoulder. About every twenty seconds he pops his head up and makes angry-koala-bear noises. I suspect that this …
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Mike arrived safely in Australia on Saturday morning. Hooray! We’ve had a wonderful time so far, except for the sleeping together. As in the sleeping together in the same bed, …