i longed for a time, which i was sure was not very far away, when my horizon would be widened by looking through the eyes of another.
~margaret bourke-white
I've been catching up on several friends blogs today. I read all about my friends delivery of twins and on the first 4 months of living with twins and a 4 year old. Then I caught up on another friends blog who always writes exactly as he talks and it was great to hear his voice again. It took me back to DNM's (deep and meaningful conversations)as they say in Australian English, we had under the stars in the Sierras. Then I read another friends blog and was able to feel like I was in Utah at a decathlon and adventuring in the snow. All in all it was good to connect with these friends and it reminded me to also do some blogging. -------------------------------------------------------- I'm coming up on three years here in Cambodia and I have trouble believing it myself. I find myself looking out the window while traveling to another town and think about how much I love these people, how great the culture is and the opportunity to help teachers and do my bit to make the wo...
I am on the move again. I know that I'm hard to get ahold of or that I'm always going somewhere new but this time I'm not. I'm going back to a place I've been before, a place that I have called home. I'm moving to Oakhurst, California. The town right outside the Southern entrance to Yosemite National Park. I am their new Kindergarden teacher. That's right, a bunch of little kids and I are going to learn together We are going to conquer the world of colors, numbers and letters. We will go where no other 5 and 6 year old have gone before! We will explore the outdoors, our imaginations and the world of knowledge. It is going to be grand. After I finish up here in Arizona I'm heading up and over, school starts in a little bit and I've got a classroom to prepare. God is good. "For I know the plans I have for you, "says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you hope and a future ." Jeremiah 29:1...
Technology. When I first lived outside of America I still had to use calling cards, a floppy disk to transfer emails from one computer to the next and I had personalized cd mixes from friends. That was in 2004. Fourteen years later I video chatted with Tessa and Lou, two friends--at the same time, one was in Perth, Australia and the other was in Brisbane, Australia. We had a mostly clear conversation for an hour without any interruption. I was on my laptop and they were on theirs. It's crazy! Another video chat with friends in Ohio. Living here in Phnom Penh I am quite spoiled. I have internet almost everywhere I go, from a coffee cart to my favorite dinner place, they all have wifi. Even if they didn't have wifi I get more than enough weekly data in my plan that costs all of $1. It's incredible! I am easily connected to EVERYONE! I can talk to my dad in Texas with a better connection than when I lived in California! It's incredible. A few months back my p...
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