It’s early in the morning and we’re sitting in one of the most peaceful spots I’ve ever been. In a vacant restaurant (thanks COVID) on th...

I’m on a trip right now to get some immigration issues sorted out. That sounds so boring, I know. Both my teammate and I were flagged in ...

To the baby I just met. I didn’t know you were there. I am so sorry. I walked into the maternity ward and took a glance around at all the...

“Our entire family has been sick all week, dad. I don’t think you should come.” He stalled through his disappointment, with extended sile...

At work last week the charge nurse found me in the labor ward and asked me to come with her. She seemed excited that I was there, and as ...

“This is where you see the gap in healthcare really widen,” Dr. Scott said, as we both stood in a quiet deserted operating room at Bundib...

God put a fire in my belly to get to this place. Last month the fire was replaced with a pit. On the drive to the hospital, where I am to...

Last week a beloved family on our team moved back to America. Their 5-year term was complete, and a flight opened up for the first time i...

The same mentality I used to get through my unmedicated 44-hour labor with Winnie, I find myself using now in the days of COVID. When I w...

I grab her hand and whisper "let's go". She looks up at me with a sly little smile and shrugs her shoulders "where?". Her younger sibling...

It hadn't been a particularly great day. From what seemed like it came out of nowhere, my husband was sharing how he felt parts of the la...

I originally planned to write out my day today, just to capture what it's like a few weeks in to living here...plus Mike and I went on a ...

Each time I try to write specifically about what these past three weeks at cultural training in Colorado have been like, I find the entir...

The census is low at work, which is nurse language for... we don't have many patients on our unit right now. And in our hospital, when t...

Last year I discovered tie-dye. I'm pretty late to the game, and had no idea what I was missing. Its cathartic nature rivals gardening, a...

I was asked to preach this week on a super weird but hopefully profound passage in Philippians where the Apostle Paul says this: Work out...

UPS rang the doorbell and I ran to get the package. I brought it inside and opened it on the spot, with Winnie, Piper, and Boston at each...

The rains did a beautiful thing this year for me. They turned our dirt backyard into a lush green park. The kids and I have slowed down t...