When Au and I returned to the US after nearly 3 years in Singapore, we discovered a shortage of help – it became more difficult to find a plumber or an electrician than we had remembered and then we started hearing a new phrase “nobody wants to work.” And we heard the phrase in multiple […]
Back in 2010, our family started running. We started slowly, just Kristen and Eunice, as a way to connect while Kristen was in her college years. Then Rebecca and Colleen joined, and then eventually, even Au. One year we ALL ran our local 5K together in our hometown, Highland Park, NJ. As the girls grew
This week, both Au and I got this notice from our organization’s administrator: Completion of Home Assignment: This is a reminder that in 3 months or less, you are scheduled to complete your Home Assignment. Please contact your home side Personnel Manager to discuss arrangements. We arrived in the US in mid-January to the bitter cold
To me, brag books are defined as a small photo album of “cute photos a grandmother shows to anyone who will look” but I just discovered they are more. Of course, I DO have lots of cute photos of our two granddaughters (Anja Hope was born just last Thursday!) that I’d love to show you
Are you ever reluctant to do something a new way? Perhaps you’ve never done it that way before…it feels awkward and you just aren’t sure? Celebrating the birth of Jesus in our NJ-context, meant going to a Christmas Eve service, coming back home and getting a special Christmas Eve snack, and maybe even opening a