We spent the end of last year in Seoul. It was such a raw, and sweet, and memorable trip- just simple, and filled with laughter and a chance to be away and be together. 2015 was a year of loss in lots of ways (and such gains too, but the intangible kind, which are sometimes harder to quantify), and …
personal
and back again…
If you follow us on instagram, you already know this- we are moving back stateside! Actually, as I write this, I am on a flight from Guam to Hawaii. We will spend a couple weeks in Denver and then head to San Antonio where Adam will start his new job at the beginning of October. Saipan has …
radio silence
As you probably guessed, we weren't quite planning on the summer being this quiet, blog wise. As you also probably guessed, the adoption that fell through in May hit us pretty hard as a family, which is the main contributor to the radio silence. The other primary contributor is that I just …
sad day
The birth mom has changed her mind- we will not be adopting her baby girl after all. I hate writing those words, hate the heart break our family is grappling with right now, hate knowing that the "explosion of baby girl stuff" that currently occupies every corner of our home will not ever meet …
happy easter!
This day, y'all. The one that changed everything. It seems crazy that the hardest hard in the whole world- Christ bearing in death the punishment for sins He did not commit- gives way to the greatest gift and the grandest grace and the most true cause for celebration of all time. This …
upsidedown fall
Whoa fall. Every time I think about what these last three months looked like (and just how different that was from what I anticipated them looking like), I laugh a little. Y’all, our house and stuff. Destroyed. By a typhoon. It sounds a little ridiculous, right? And yet Soudelor. And this …
playing catch up
Hello there friends! I am FINALLY sitting down to play catch up on all of the things- blog things, etsy things, email (UGH!). Turns out, an unplanned month long hiatus from the internet (when you work online) results in quite the backlog- haha. Thank you for your notes, your care, and especially …
typhoon soudelor
This post has been in the works for almost two weeks. Every time I sit down to actually write, no words come to me. On Sunday, August 2, Typhoon Soudelor tore through our small island home of Saipan. And guys, it left devastation everywhere. Everywhere. We are no stranger to typhoons and …
accidentally unplugged
I always imagine that being unplugged from all internet and cell service and media for a little while would be refreshing and wonderful- filled with iced coffee topped with sprinkles. And hammocks. But when our island was entirely cut off from the outside world and plunged unexpectedly to a few …