I walk up to the counter at the grocery store and decide to pay with cash since it's a small order. The cashier rings up my items, and it seems like any other routine transaction. But then I attempt to count out exact change. The quarters look like 10 NT coins from Taiwan, and the pennies are… Continue reading Counting Change
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Moving Sale…It’s Getting Real, Y’all
Charles and I just put together and shared with our local Taichung community a pretty comprehensive list of all the furniture and big items we are selling since we're leaving Taiwan. Because it's an overseas move, it's cost-prohibitive to take most of our household items with us. That means selling couches and beds, bookshelves, dishes,… Continue reading Moving Sale…It’s Getting Real, Y’all
Goodbyes and Hellos
"Do you keep a blog anymore?" my youngest sister asked me yesterday. Yikes. Has it been that long since I've written? Yes, I still keep a blog, but in the midst of a very busy and somewhat tumultuous season of life, the blog has gotten a little dusty. So now it's time to blow off… Continue reading Goodbyes and Hellos
Restless Dreams
Recently, I've been having a recurring dream that I am going back to Asbury University as a graduate student. In the dreams, I am always rooming with one of two friends from my real Asbury days--incidentally both are named Sarah--in the regular undergrad dorms even though we are working on our master's degrees. The weirdest aspect… Continue reading Restless Dreams
{Segue} My Mess
I've read a lot of commentary online about how we manufacture perfection in our Instagram photos and portray only the best in our status updates on Facebook. There's a lot of talk about how it's easy to be fake online, how it's natural to be unnatural when there's a computer staring you in the face… Continue reading {Segue} My Mess
