Back when I was a kid, I remember the “end of the school year syndrome,” which basically meant that it became almost unbearable to drag myself to school–the end of the year was in sight, but oh how slowly those final days would go. As a parent I seem to be affected by the opposite [...]

It’s 11:19 p.m. here in Hawaii, and these evenings have turned out to be my lonely hour, because everyone back home is asleep. I’ve always been a bit of a night owl and yet never liked being the last up in my home or at a slumber party. I kind of feel that way now–like [...]

So we had our Christmas services in the home of Darrell and Pat Hill. We drove about four hours total between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, on a long windy road through lava fields–barren and fertile at the same time–ocean on one side and a snow-capped mountain on the other. It helped me, a little, [...]

On our second night here there was a huge storm which caused us to loose power, flooded our road, and caused the ocean to swell. I’ve mentioned before that living near the ocean is lovely, but I don’t trust it any further than I can throw it, and during the storm I was begging it [...]

So we had Vespers on Saturday at a tiny Catholic church nearby. I totally fell in love with the church, sweet as it was against the blue sky, light pouring out from that little door. I just couldn’t stop looking at it–and I didn’t mind too much when Natalie fussed and I had to take [...]