Living on St Croix
One goodbye of many –
A few weeks ago I wrote about my fish, Filaya. Well, yesterday I bid a fond adieu to my little finful friend. Since we are moving at the end of the month, to warm and beautiful St. Croix where I will be able to swim with amazing fish of many colors any time I want … Continue reading
Counting Down
Some really beautiful things have happened to me this summer. I got to spend over seven weeks living on my island home, but that’s not all. Karl and I came together and spent three weeks hanging the curtains I made over the winter, exploring, snorkeling, and making a giant Jenga game and a lawn Scrabble … Continue reading
Just an Annoying Little Frog
Once, when my son, Sam had just started high school, I played Bunco with a group of teacher friends. It was only that one time, and I was clearly very bad at playing the game, because when the night was finished, I won the booby prize. The prize was a hard plastic frog about ten … Continue reading
No cats in America
If you’ve ever seen the old movie An American Tail, you may remember that when the mice are getting ready to move to America, they are told that there are “no cats in America”. They are heading off to a perfect land of milk and honey. Karl and I have used that phrase over the … Continue reading
Home again.
I arrived back on my island home from Mount Vernon on Monday – more about that in a minute. I loved being at Mount Vernon, and I have some great ideas of lesson plans I want to do with my kids this year. I don’t think we spend enough time (I know I never have!) … Continue reading
Ministry – part two (Plus a bug followup)
I’ve gotten a lot of feedback about the mouse-sized bug I mentioned last time. I just want to add a tiny bit. First off, I’ve only seen two of those big guys. The second one was just today. I was precariously sitting atop the floor joists in the new bathroom (no, the floor isn’t down … Continue reading
Sunday Morning Ministry
Karl and I are looking for a church here on our island. We’ve gone to two churches in two weeks. Both were nice, but we felt much more comfortable the second week. This is the non-tourist season here, and both churches were relatively small (under 100 people I’d guess). This past week at the second church, … Continue reading
First Day of Summer
Happy Summer! I love heat, and we have it in abundance here. Wherever you are, I hope that you are caressed by the sun and feel God’s love around you. I have two snippets to share- just snapshots, really, of this past week: 1. Karl and I were snorkeling the other day after ripping the … Continue reading
Caribbean Normal
Ten years ago my husband and I took a cruise. It was the beginning of absolute infatuation with the Caribbean. Fast forward to March of 2013. After visiting several West Indian Islands and researching lots more (plus watching International House Hunters ALL the time!), we focused our infatuation on St. Croix in the US Virgin … Continue reading
