you MUST watch this!

So, I just received an email from my friend Renee. Renee is the older sister of Lisa, my friend who I lived with prior to going to Ethiopia.  Renee is married to Jon and they have two girls, Claire (4) and Anja (2, tomorrow!)  This is a little video of Claire’s recent ballet camp recital [...]

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It is on…

…the humidity switch, that is.  When I woke up this morning, it honestly felt as though the humidity had simply been turned on.  It wasn’t here before, now it is.  My lungs are taking a minute to get used to it. So, I don’t know if you are already experiencing the joys of humidity in your [...]

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Weekend highlights

I just returned from spending a long weekend down in the Twin Cities.  It was wonderful. It is always funny being down there because it feels so familiar and like home, even though it isn’t really home right now.  Here are some highlights…you’ll notice many of them revolve around places where you eat or drink [...]

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How did I become that girl?

So, if you had $3 burning a hole in your pocket, what would you spend it on?  Me: some sort of iced coffee drink.  Believe me, it isn’t that often that I find myself with oodles of extra cash, but when I do have a few dollars to spend, to the coffee shop I go.  I do [...]

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See…we DO have culture

I get annoyed by people who say that the US has no culture.  Spend ten minutes outside of the US and you’ll see that we do.  Granted, it might not look the same as lighting flowers on fire and dancing around them (something done during the Meskel celebration in Ethiopia, for example), but we DO have [...]

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Deep Thoughts…really

I think it would be fair to say that I am at a point in life where I’m not really sure what my next steps are going to look like.  I am in the process of looking for jobs in a couple of different cities and have been praying about where I should be going/what [...]

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last day

So, today was my final day of therapy.  It was definitely a sad day.  Andrea and I have definitely enjoyed being able to work together.  I think for both of us, it has been fun to have someone so similar in age, interests and values to ”hang out” with. (Apparently, the majority of her clients are older [...]

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did you see that?!!?!?

I hope you all watched the Celtics/Lakers game tonight.  Instinkincredible.  I was of course cheering for Boston and my man KG and so naturally I, like you, was very nervous when they were behind by so many in the first half.  But, no fear, they came back to triumph.  Way to go boys!  Thanks for some darn good television. [...]

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watch out toes

Four months ago today I spent eight hours under the knife in a Tel Aviv hospital. This morning, I was able to do this:   I am so blessed to be getting my range of motion back so well.  I think the greatest thing about being able to bend over like this is the ability to wrap [...]

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almost finished

I hope you enjoy the new blog color scheme…I needed something new.
I had my penultimate physical therapy session today.  Unfortunately, my insurance runs out on the 15th and so that means that expensive therapy must end, too.  It will be fine, though.  I have come a long way over the past few months and am [...]

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