on the edge of ordinary

It's Friday and I have to say that this has been an odd week. Looking ahead to June last week, I didn't clock this week as being esp...

I like to come up with one main thing that a blog post is about, it makes for easier reading (and writing). But this week I've been a bi...

We have reached an interesting point in our careers. A point where people saying, "Wow, 23 years is a long time to serve." But the...

I spent last weekend at a non-denominational Christian women's conference (retreat or convention or even “camp”...depending on your back...

Time for a mobile post. We’re sitting at Chitose Airport in Hokkaido after five days of the 2023 OMF Japan conference. It’s been an intense ...

I was recently asked to fill in a form for our organisation that included the question “What emotions characterize your last two years?”  Ye...

This morning, my Facebook memories reminded me of the last time we moved out of a house in Japan to go on home assignment. I wrote this just...

I think I'm pleased to report that we booked more plane tickets on Saturday. I have to say that after our journeys last year, I wasn...

Yep, I caught the dreaded COVID. That's not all that's been going on. It's been a huge 10 days since I last posted. The lovely v...

This has been an odd week in our house. My husband spent all week at two school camps, one after the other. Our youngest son was at the firs...

How do you “do” Christmas when you’re not “feeling festive”?  Now I understand that my life is really quite different to many of yours in th...

Deep connection. I think it's something I'm craving right now. I have a lot of contact with friends and colleagues via email, messag...

This topic of lament has come up for me multiple times this year. More often than usual. Possibly because collectively we've experienced...

I've been busier I'd like. And more tired than I'd like to admit! The latter is proved by being clumsier in my actions and words...

The other day when I was editing an article I came across the suggestion that lamenting might be an important thing to do if you want to bui...