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Archives of writings while finding Home Along the Way

The Next Chapter: Returning Home?

The Next Chapter: Returning Home?

Wait, what did you say? Returning home? But home is a relative thing. Yup, home is relative; it's where we lay our head. While we've been gone from Michigan for only 6 months we've moved a ton during that time (20 different houses/apartments at last count). And so we...
What if We ALL Get Sick?

What if We ALL Get Sick?

  In the last post We talked through what happens when the kids get sick. We ended the post asking: "Have you had any medical "scares" while away from home? Far from medical help? Scary situation with sick kids/spouse/friend/self?" I had no idea the foreshadowing...
What If Your Kids Get Sick?

What If Your Kids Get Sick?

It has happened. Multiple times. And we’ve only been outside the United States since March 22, 2014 or one week shy of 6 months. What can go wrong in six months right? First it started with Becky’s wisdom teeth. Then it was Josiah’s Hydrocele. But then during our last...
A Quick Stop in the Middle East

A Quick Stop in the Middle East

QATAR. Really. Seriously. Not kidding, people! Doha, Qatar. We never expected to be spending any time in the city of Doha, but yesterday we found ourselves there for a day.    We arrived in at 6am with a connecting flight leaving 2 hours later....
Throwback Thursday – Thys’ 4th Birthday

Throwback Thursday – Thys’ 4th Birthday

  My last few Throwback Thursday posts have been from the island of Bali.  But now, we move on to Malaysian Borneo.  I know some of my readers like to know the names of cities we were in as they like to see exactly where we were but others would prefer to skim...