Our Brood Abroad

Adventure or Bust!

COVID, quarantine, and The Rock

We are living in a crazy and interesting time. Because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the risk of infection, most people around the world are quarantining themselves in their homes.  Millions of Americans have filed for unemployment because […]

Read More

2020

I listened to a beautiful podcast yesterday (The Next Right Thing with Emily P. Freeman — check it out!) that discussed how it is totally OKAY to not be into the whole trend of new year reflections, resolutions, and anticipation. […]

Read More

Shiriyazaki Lighthouse and Wild Horses

A couple of weeks ago we decided to drive a couple hours north to visit the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse and hopefully see some of the wild horses that we’ve heard inhabit the park there. On the way I prayed that we […]

Read More

Hyperemesis Gravidarum – I

The Physical Aspect There is an image in our society – permeating magazines and television shows and movies – of a woman taking a pregnancy test and being completely overjoyed at a positive result.  Or on the flip side… being […]

Read More

The Plumb Line in Zerubbabel’s Hand… what?

Sometimes I come across a Bible verse in a book or online that stops me in my tracks and makes me want to know more about its context.  As a hyper sensitive and emotional person, it is important to me […]

Read More

Personality Tests, the Enneagram, and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a sucker for personality tests. Not just like the Meyers-Brigg’s in depth type tests, but even the cheesy facebook click bait tests like “Which Disney princess are you?” or the Pottermore tests to […]

Read More

Japan!

So much has happened since my last post in November. The two most significant events being our move to Japan and the fact that we are expecting a new little one! This transition has been a bit difficult since I’ve […]

Read More

Culture Shock, Heat, & Heartache

Our first few months in Italy can be summed up in three words: Culture shock and HEAT. Oh man, it was so hot. Even after 4 summers here we’ve yet to experience heat like we had in 2015. A couple […]

Read More

Untangling

  From a young age, I have felt compelled to write. I remember when I was quite young I started with short stories and [what I called] song lyrics. From there it became poetry.  I wrote dozens and dozens of […]

Read More

Naples – Downtown and Spooky Naples

For those of you who aren’t local friends, or who have never been to Napoli, I wanted to tell you a little bit about our experiences living here and our impressions of the area after 3.5 years. I asked each […]

Read More