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yup – that’s what we did
It feels like there are frequently times in our lives here where we have to stop and almost double-check if something just happened There is the more surreal: “Did we just drive across…
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Signs of COVID
For almost a year various health agencies around the world have struggled to communicate to the public at large, what needs to be done to help reduce the spread of this virus. Of…
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Team blog updates
if you don’t regularly read our team blog – — you should. There’s a couple recent posts I wanted to point to Our friend/neighbor/teammate Jess just wrote on the harsh realities of sending…
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Now for something different
For a LOT of years now I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and reading, and writing on one topic. Early mornings before others get up is usually when I’m sitting at my…
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what it takes to get home
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.…
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Family Hikes in the Canadian Rockies.
So this is quite a bit late on account of what our month or so has looked like. However, we had such a great family getaway – and it was so beautiful that…
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Thanksgiving
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…
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our kids do stuff….
The blog has been quiet as of late, as life kind of sideswiped us there for a few weeks (oh 2020, you’re the gift that just keeps on giving). I’ll update that soon,…
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seven months on
A lot can happen in seven months. On February 22 the BBC reported that Australia was burning, Megan and Henry (Harry??) were leaving, and the following was written about a strange new virus…
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Where they’re from…
My daughter and my fake daughter just posted some poems on their blog that they wrote for school on the topic “Where I”m From.” As Third Culture Kids, the answers are complex and…
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La Vie en Noir
{PART OF THE MEA CULPA SERIES OF POSTS _ where I post things I should have written a long time ago… yeah…that’s on me. Apparently I reposted this in Dec 2019 during my…
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Stress Testing Everything
There is a product design theory that says f you really want to find out if something will do its normal job well, look for how it works when it’s stressed. Sometimes this…
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twenty-four
Today marks exactly 24 years since Susan and I got married. Twenty four years! What’s shocking to me is just how much 24 is an ‘old people number.’ I can remember as a…
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Well, I made it to 46.
My birthday was last week, and as I often find myself doing at this annual life-marker, I look at what others had done by my age and the ole’ “who died at my…
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more things we forgot about
controling the temperature in the house radio leisure activities – all these recreational activities that people have specific equipment for trains pears sparkiling water garages dandilions dish washers people referring to carbonated drinks…
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Virtually Unprecedented
In these unprecidented times…. It kind of feels like that is the new way to start an email or newsletter or update of any kind from any institution. Honestly, I’m pretty sure no…
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There’s a lot of Canada
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…
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some perspective
here’s a post from my daughter and my fake daughter – reflecting on some of the issues of racial injustice that have finally been brought to the forefront over the past several weeks:
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For Those Who Can’t Breathe
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…
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Community. Education.
or: “It takes a village to teach a child” NOTE: this was something I wrote back in Kibuye about a month and a half ago – before we even thought we might be…
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heard around our house since we’ve been back
So we’ve been back in Canada for three weeks now – the first time our family has been here in 3 years. And like last time we were here, there always seem to…
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A Day for Mothers
Saying something supportive and celebratory about mothers seems a bit odd. It’s like celebrating kindness, or an end to war, or ice cream. Of COURSE, we all love, support, celebrate those things. It’s…
