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  • kith and kin

    Dearest friends, those kindred spirits, they ease the passage through the darkest waters. Yes, days or weeks or months may pass before we warm our hands over the same fire, but it is a destination worth every minute that leads us there. I’m not privy to that which lasts. When I leave a place, I…

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  • The First Seven

    The end of March marks the end of seven months living here in Ecuador. Seven months of this adventure and, as I made my coffee this morning, adding a drop of vanilla extract, I thought of the beginning that these seven months have been. These months have been joy-filled. After graduating from college and then…

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  • under tree branches

    Today I went with my sister and her husband’s family to a little hacienda south of Quito. We ate lunch–I love potatoes!–and then walked around for a bit. There was much chance for thinking as everyone held their true love’s hand in the rain and me, well, I sat under a tree and checked out…

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currently

It doesn’t come naturally, choosing this over all the other demands the day is making. It doesn’t come naturally, training my pipsqueaks to give a little space, so I can “do my Bible.” It doesn’t come naturally, waking up early and following through.