Yesterday & election night was rough. It felt like this roller coaster of ups & downs of hope & anxiety & a huge draw to constantly check...

How much of your mental and emotional energy do you give to things or people you can’t control? It surprises me still how often and how...

“Part of the reason women are so tired is because we are spending so much energy trying to ‘keep it together’. So much energy devoted to...

We shared this one bathroom between 8 people for months. Our family conversation on Sunday with my parents... “Everyone is freaking out...

(Excerpt from I’m from Earth?) "Although I didn’t understand it as I was going through it, I was pre-grieving a future loss of dear...

(Excerpt from “I’m from...Earth?”) “I locked the public bathroom stall door behind me in the Seattle International Airport, sat down, and...

(I’m from...Earth? Book excerpt) “Just think about how many stories you have to tell when you come back from a trip overseas. Third...

2 DAYS until “I’m from...Earth?” is available! (So another excerpt to tie us over..) “America seemed like a sort of utopia, this place of...

Doesn’t everyone hike through rice paddies for fun in high school? Here’s another book excerpt... “What is really hard for Third Culture...

(Excerpt from “I’m from Earth?”) “A lot of us Third Culture Kids have witnessed poverty at a level most of our peers have not. I remember...

I have felt betrayed by community on more than one occasion in my short life. But life was meant to be lived in community. This awesome...

The Pacific Ocean. I sit here on the other side of it as an adult now and think how this large body of water connects the two countries I...

I’m writing a book! Launch date February 18, 2020 I’ve always wanted to write a book and have loved writing (tacked on a second minor in...

Sometimes before you can move forward you have to go backward. This past summer has been a summer of transition from a season of...

After our first 6 weeks: Even though I was homeschooled myself and so the concept of teaching my kids probably was half as daunting as it...

I’ve realized recently... misunderstandings don’t have as big of consequences as they did when I was a kid. True story at age 2/3 years...

When I came back from 8 years in Asia in 2009 across the Pacific Ocean it felt like a shipwreck. Like we’d emotionally barely survived...

I spent my whole day trying to avoid my kids... I got up late, started nap time early, extended it to dinner time, made dad cook dinner...