a very warm welcome
from a content wife and mother
Welcome, fellow sojourner - come on, on, in! Rest awhile. Read if you’d like. Thank you for making the stopover.
Here’s a bit about who I am:
I am first and foremost born again in Christ (much on this at a later time), a content wife and mother (emphasis being on “tent” not “con”), who has pitched her earthly tent in North America. It has not always been this way. I spent all of my early childhood in Western Europe, with a short stint in Asia Minor (Ankara, Turkey to be exact). My “growing up years” were spread across the Middle East, Central Asia and eventually back to my birthplace in East Asia.
You’ve guessed that I love—absolutely relish—world geography and talking in continents makes more sense than cities and towns.
For the longest time, I felt most at home in airports. The diverse range of travelers, the spaciousness, the slightly muffled tones, and even the smells made me feel so safe. The thing I loved the most, however, was watching people reunite with those they love. There is still nothing quite like it. Airports have changed in the years (sadly, post-911) and I am much more rooted now. So home is where my husband and children are; barefooted in our backyard on a warm summer’s morn just happens to be my favourite way to be with them.
I also love—absolutely adore—poetry, good poetry. What little exposure I had, was cherished, mulled over and stored away in my heart. For to a troubled reader, it achieved in few words what books with their many, many words often failed to. It still does. And it probably will, as long as I can breathe and have eyes to see. Further, I have always grieved in poetry. When emotions too poignant for full expression run deeply, I’ve experienced how God still gives us words; but they are often given in song or poetry. If prose is food for the soul, poetry is medicine.
So here’s what I hope to do within these walls:
Share only what the Holy Spirit shares with me, for apart from Him, anything I share will be devoid of power and utterly useless.
Write transparently and honestly, from a deep place. You will not find pithy comments or rants here, but prayerful, thoughtful submissions.
Include a wide range of topics that have filled my heart of late, such as educating the next generation, the most pressing social issues of our time, and grappling with big and small theological questions.
Needless to say, there will be lots of poetry sprinkled in here, as well as other beautiful things. Thank you again, for giving me your time. I hope it’ll be worth it.
Grace and Peace to you,
Euna