I’m feeling a little vulnerable today. A photographer came through and took photos of our home in order to list it for sale. I went through and took a few of my own on my phone. It was easier for me to see what needed to be changed still. Here is …
Home is not limited to four walls and a roof. It can be a spot in the forest. Our family likes this one, which isn’t much of a jaunt. It’s in a park known for less than savory happenings, so not as many young families frequent it. But there is …
He saw clearly how plain and simple–how narrow, even–it all was; but clearly, too, how much it all meant to him, and the special value of some such anchorage in one’s existence. He did not at all want to abandon the new life and its splendid spaces, to turn his …
Last week, I was at a gathering where a woman from Ecuador shared about how the thing she missed about her home was the food. That she can’t find food here that tastes like home. I’ve been contemplating “home” a lot lately, as our family will be moving overseas as …
