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Celebrating Beauty Amid the Imperfectness of our Lives...

A Snapshot of Port au Prince Haiti...

Palm trees silhouetted against blue skies... goats and cows digging through the trashy streets... career ladies walking to work through muddy streets in high heels...

and bright pink bougainvillea

blooming vibrantly and endlessly,

spilling over dingy white block walls.

Boiled Eggs and Baby Chicks: A Folktale

A boy was playing with his two friends one day, and he decided to give them each a gift before they went home. He reached under a...

Quiara

Sep 8, 20218 min read

Wedding Weekend

We had a busy week. A wedding, a job interview, a funeral, multiple car problems, and the country is out of gas and diesel. I just got...

Quiara

Jun 26, 20213 min read

My hometown is heaven...

"my hometown is heaven... i've left parts of my heart all over the place..." -Rachel Ella I grew up in a land of tall pines and crickets...

Quiara

May 25, 20214 min read

Sunday in Blanchard

I've been wanting to write a bit about a Sunday over here. We had really good church last Sunday and lo and behold it's Wednesday and...

Quiara

Aug 12, 20208 min read

Skills my Dad Taught Me

~Swimming~ I'm fortunate enough to not really remember seeing the ocean for the first time or learning to swim, just some foggy haze of...

Quiara

Jun 21, 20202 min read

Hygge

I listened to a little book today called The Little Book of Hygge. It's written by a Danish man, and Denmark is rated as the happiest...

Quiara

May 7, 20203 min read

A Day of Resting from Labor

I've been in my hammock looking at the stars and writing a thankful list... The others went to Walmart, and the mosquitos drove me...

Quiara

Sep 6, 20192 min read

School Again

So today completed our first week. You know how enrollment night is... You are nervously sitting behind your desk and parents and...

Quiara

Aug 27, 20192 min read

Ten Things Needed for a Perfect Mennonite Bridal Shower

Disclaimer: heavy use of sarcasm... Married or engaged friends proceed with caution! Ten things needed for The Perfect Mennonite Bridal...

Quiara

Jul 21, 20192 min read

The End of School

My children looked forward to graduation with a passion. And ya... I stood up there and gave them their diplomas with a lump in my throat...

Quiara

May 20, 20194 min read

Chambelan

I set my alarm for 1:45 Friday morning. By 4 o'clock I was shivering in the KCI parking lot waiting to be shuttled to the airport. By 10...

Quiara

Mar 12, 20196 min read

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Celebrating Beauty Amid the Imperfectness of our Lives...

Boiled Eggs and Baby Chicks: A Folktale

Wedding Weekend

My hometown is heaven...

Sunday in Blanchard

Skills my Dad Taught Me

Hygge

A Day of Resting from Labor

School Again

Ten Things Needed for a Perfect Mennonite Bridal Shower

The End of School

Chambelan

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