Oh, my love of lists.
It’s the side of me that loves to categorize, make inventories and set top priorities. I don’t tend to admit to people how uber organized I can be. I especially don’t like admitting how much analytical thinking I really do in a day. Maybe I secretly fear I’ll be stuffed in a windowless room [...]
Archive for January, 2008
like water spilled on the ground
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hope, love, safety on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For the last three Sundays, I’ve gone with a few friends to the neurology unit of the top hospital in Beijing. A nanny at our foster home has been there for a little over a month, visiting her husband who has a serious (but unknown) illness. Every day, Mary sits by his bed on a tiny [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, neighborhood on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Living in a small Chinese village has both its joys and its challenges. From time to time, I wish I lived closer to the heart of Beijing, where I could easily stop by a Starbucks or spend a few hours at a bookstore with big soft chairs. Maybe walk on a sidewalk. Hail a cab. [...]
…because rough men stand ready
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brother, family on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a song for you
Far away far away
This is a song for you
Far away from me
- James Taylor
While I am meeting and getting to know amazing people here in China, there are still many friends and family members I dearly love and greatly miss. So on this particular day at this exact [...]
Round here…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, neighborhood, photos on January 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Kickin it.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged games, language on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a popular game in China that kind of reminds me of American “hacky sack.” You use a tiny disc with brightly colored feathers inserted into the top. This little thing is surprisingly aerodynamic! A group of people stand in a circle and kick this toy around, counting how many times it [...]
And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The past couple weeks have been filled with many big events!
For the past several days, life at the school and foster home has been a flurry of holiday activities. There has been a lot of celebrating but also a lot of goodbyes as the students graduate and head home. My good friend Tish [...]
sweet truck, dude
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christmas, joy, orphanage on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
