Category: Family

Life Part 2: Back to School

10/4/2018

I always wondered if I’d missed my calling. From childhood, I excelled at writing, literature, poetry, reading, languages, public speaking, books. I also played piano, but not too seriously. Then, the week we had to declare a major the summer before starting college, I was flying high after doing a solo senior piano recital and I signed up to be a music major. The program was good, so I stuck with it, taking extra foreign language classes just for fun, enjoying writing music history research papers.

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My Husband is (Probably) on the Autism Spectrum

5/20/2018

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For years, I wondered if my husband Sam were a spy.

You know, like in those movies where a spy has to marry a regular person to help build their cover story. True Lies, for example. Sam did many things right, such as proposing, marrying me, fathering our children, and bringing home some bacon, but he was often distracted, preoccupied, and moody. He stayed out of the house a lot, at church events or playing ping pong. LIke a spy.

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Someone You Love is Gay

5/6/2018

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It’s bound to happen. Some conservative Christians are going to find out that someone they love is gay.

(By the way, I can’t answer the world’s tough questions on my little travel and lifestyle blog. All I can do is ask my readers to consider their own viewpoint and think about how you will react when your loved one wants to discuss this hot topic with you.)

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I'm the Mentor Mom

4/6/2018

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Pictured: Paris Mom of Preschoolers on the town with dashing French tour guide and a few grandmothers

When we moved to Paris last year and joined a new church, I knew I needed to get involved. I’m an introvert, and if I don’t join something I’ll just slink in and out on Sundays and never meet anybody. Also I wanted to help out.

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Hey, Empty Nesters! Let’s Get on the Millennial Bandwagon!

2/5/2018

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No, I’m not saying we should move back in with our parents. Hear me out.

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A Friend Who is Transgender

10/16/2017

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I’m so glad the internet gives us the opportunity to time travel! Yvonne-of-one-month-ago could use a little help.

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Dear Bored Man

5/1/2017

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This gentleman has been married for 41 years. He knows the drill.

Dear bored middle-aged man sitting on a bench in the ladies shoe department,

On behalf of all middle-aged women, I salute you, sir! You are doing the hard work, the taxing work, the work we truly need done. I’m serious.

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Strong Naked Women

1/19/2017

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When I saw Picasso’s At the Cafe at the Albertina Museum in Vienna last month, I knew that Picasso had spoken the truth.

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Update: Homeschooling the Ferris Bueller Year

12/29/2016

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In my previous post about this homeschool project, I decided not to call it a gap year, but a Ferris Bueller Year. “Gap year” sounds like you’ve dropped off the face of the earth, but “Ferris Bueller year” sounds like you shucked off society to go do something that was good for you. Kid 3 is a year too young for his grade, so we decided to take him out of school for a year between middle and high school and travel while we let him catch up. So far, so good!

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I'm in a Donkey-Elephant Relationship

11/3/2016

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Sam and I have been together for 25 years, and for the first few election cycles we voted together. We were the dreaded swing voters, the ones that everybody makes fun of for not knowing their own minds, but are actually the ones to decide who wins. Then, somewhere between Iraq and Obama, we parted ways. Just like the rest of the country.

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