or Our SD is now one-year PT One year ago today, we had a violent attack inside our house. A word like ‘anniversary’ doesn’t quite fit, as it feels like it has an…

Getting our family from Edmonton to rural Burundi is not exactly a straight forward nor a simple task. Really, getting here from most places is not easy, even from most places in Africa.…

We are anxious to get back to Burundi. We are feeling anxious about getting back to Burundi. There are two distinct implications of that word. One feels like an anticipatory excitement. “I’m so…

I am sitting in my mom’s hospital room where she has been sitting up, eating, getting out of bed, having a conversation with me, and was able to walk (with assistance) down the…

One of the things that still strikes us living in Burundi is the population density. Not that it is anywhere like truly densely populated places like Hong Kong or even New York or…

I wrote this over a week ago, but have hesitated to post it, not wanting to add more noise to the conversation. But I have come to the conclusion that saying something, as…

or: How to see amazing African animals without the normal crowding and cost. {PART OF THE MEA CULPA SERIES OF POSTS _ where I post things I should have written a long time…

We seem to have become more adapted to living in the Alps.  Les Aples Françaises have been our home for almost four years now (plus 4 years about a decade ago), which is…