Subjugation [This is Okinawa]
Sometimes we say that they would concrete over the entire island if they could. Concrete highrises give way to concrete schools, concrete seawalls with concrete wave breakers, concrete houses and...
View ArticleNap
It's naptime again, his irritated squeaks and frantically kicking legs tell me. I fight the frustration that he can't soothe himself to sleep the way Eva could at his age--no sterile, rubbery plastic...
View ArticleWhat Lurks Above [This is Okinawa]
I beep the remote at the AC/heater, the long narrow contraption that hangs from the ceiling corner of each room. I keep the corner of my eye on it to make sure it actually turns on, because it's...
View ArticleRelativity
Generally, I don't agree with using the "It could be worse" reasoning on other people to get their attitudes in line. Because no matter how trivial what they're 'going through' is...it's just really...
View ArticleLet's Make This Awkward [Or, So long & thanks for all the fish]
You know it may have been a crazy few weeks if you're looking forward to an over-24-hour trip with two small kids because you'll get to sit down a lot. And because when you get there, at some point you...
View ArticleMoving pictures, pt 1
Command center on moving day #1, while we desperately tried to finish things up in the kitchen. Handmade matching dress (and moving-day Evasitting) from our dear neighbors. ::tear:: Don't worry guys,...
View ArticleBeached [This is Okinawa]
I think this is decomposing whale skin on my jeans. Probably not fully grown, definitely female. I don't know this, of course; I read it in the paper the next day. There's a dead whale on Torii Beach....
View ArticleHey Pater Familias:
Remember when it was just us? Remember when laundry was a discrete event, rather than an equation that approaches infinity? (Remember when I actually remembered my math?) Remember when we slept in on...
View ArticleThe Year of Two Springs
Hi, friends. For thoughts on Boston and everything else, go here. For inane pictures taken with my phone, stick around--I think I can arrange something for you. Winter lasts for about a month and a...
View ArticleBreaking [in] the House
Five houses, eight years. These domiciles are full characters in our gypsy story. Getting familiar with them is fraught with the intimate awkwardness of a first middle school slow dance. (How much...
View ArticleHousehold Goody Goody Goody!
Our stuff comes tomorrow. And I do mean that in a bad way. There's nothing I can do about the fact that in eight hours, a tidal wave of possessions is comin at us like a giant Ebola-infected spider...
View ArticleThat Picture of Eva: the rest of the story
Last night, as at least 61 of you know, I posted a certain picture on Facebook of the Good News Girl ethereally perched in a tree, with a gentle breeze tousling her silky golden locks and her...
View ArticleOut and Back Again
On March 23, 2010, I undertook the most surreal trip of my life thus far: Los Angeles - San Francisco - Tokyo Narita - Okinawa. I knew little to nothing about the place, though through no lack of...
View ArticleNearing the End of the Threenage Year
All of these gorgeous photos were taken by Kristie Coia a few weeks before we left Oki. I was alone in my parents' kitchen, emptying the dishwasher and microwaving a sweet potato for Oz, creating with...
View ArticleBaby Thoughts on Sleep Training
I feel like this post should be profound, since I'm once again using beautiful photos taken by Kristie...but it ain't. Babies fry your brain (temporarily) (no seriously, it's temporary. It's science....
View ArticleHe sets the lonely in families. -A Giveaway!-
Skip this if you don't like people who like orphans, and if you hate cool free shirts and don't appreciate good music. What you can win: Text: God sets the lonely in families; He leads out the...
View ArticleTidbits: Military Myths, Expensive Speeches, Dad Style, Religious Freedom,...
Heroes, Villains, and Victims: Three Myths About the Military - This article articulates a thought I've had niggling at the back of my brain so perfectly. Hopefully it will help you think about the way...
View ArticleGiveaway Winner!
Over the last few days, the Freibergs received wonderful news on their adoption process! Go here to read about it. They're getting closer to being able to bring those kiddos home, and it makes me so...
View ArticleTidbits: Boring Love, Deadly Nature, Jesus-y (or not) Millenials
When you think your love story is boring - I saw this post going viral out of the corner of my internet eye and ignored it for a while. Even virtual crowds scare me. And anyway, cynic that I am, I sort...
View ArticleAmusingly, fantastically disruptive {DC with Kids}
Amusing and fantastic to me, anyway. And yes, I do my best to keep my kids under control. But I digress. I'm hoping to do a writeup here and there about our adventures in the DC and Alexandria area and...
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