Ghana: Day Six – A Mama in Cape Coast

My sweet friend traveling with us had been waiting to meet the two little boys that would soon become her sons for six days. Various court document snafu’s prevented their travel to us as was planned and by Thursday, a mere two days before we were due to head...

On Wonder and Goats

The end of the week – a good time for few words. Want to take five minutes with me and see which ones bubble to the surface? Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. Here’s how we do it: 1. Write for 5 minutes flat with no editing or tweaking. 2. Link...

Ghana: Day Five – What Matters Most

“Between who we are and who we could be…Between how it is and how it should be…” – Switchfoot in “Dare You To Move” The transformation isn’t complete yet.  I assume it won’t really ever be complete until the last earthly breath fills my lungs.  Thank God for...

5 Minute Friday: Ghana – Home

Joining in with Lisa Jo from The Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Fridays…Here are the rules… This is the time of the week when we steal those five minutes while the kids are fingerpainting the dining room table, the neighbor’s dog has stopped barking, or the...

Ghana: Day Three – On Ghanaian Health Care

Waiting to enroll in the health care plan… The roosters crowed.  It was time to wake-up. As Norman Rockwellian as this sounds, it’s true – one does literally hear crowing roosters when the sun rises in Ghana.  I felt like I needed to put on my...

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