Comments on: Lovesick, Homesick & a Twitter recommendation

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:35:23 +0000

i just re-read this post and remembered my trip with my hubby to SA… i also remembered biltong

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:22:34 +0000

Oh my goodness, I am soo excited to go and find this song – Jacaranda Tree – just wow! Love it. Thanks so much!

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:00:09 +0000

Just had to say…. this post reminds me of a song I’m coming to love titled Jacaranda Tree by Josh Garrells. It’s written by his wife, who is an mk from Ecuador. I believe it’s about the tension of being from and loving one but being planted in a different place.

Lyrics here, I highly recommend you listen to it as well!
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858747572/

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:05:16 +0000

Oh, where were you? I am from Pretoria and have family in Jo’burg and all over the Cape. It’s an amazing place, isn’t it?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:19 +0000

Love this…I only spent three months in South Africa back between 03-04 but still hearing it calling back to me and consider it a second home. Beautiful writing.
god bless

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:58:18 +0000

Oh goodness – blessings and traveling mercies on you! Thank you for stepping out in courage like this – I promise you Africa will melt your insides in all the right ways! {And gosh, your son has some wise and beautiful words – thank for sharing them with me!)

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By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:34:41 +0000

Thank you so much for the beautiful picture of my new daughter’s homeland! We’re going in 3 weeks to complete our family & bring her home. And then starting to plan when we will return.

My son put it so beautifully…”I’m Chinese in the blood, and South African, Mennonite, and Chinese in the heart. She’ll be South African in the blood, and Chinese, Mennonite, and South African in the heart.”

Amen, little man. Amen.

By: alece

alece — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:53:32 +0000

i feel the same as mary. i saw your comment on brad’s site last night, and i got your message about this post going up… but i needed to wait. i needed to give my heart some breathing room because i wanted to be able to read with all of me…

i’m glad i waited.

you described our africa so beautifully. you captured her in the most perfect word pictures possible. i love your heart for home. i wish it wasn’t too years since you’ve been there, and i wish you had a trip planned for your return. (knowing the when, regardless of how far away it is, always helps me…)

i’m sorry for the ache in your heart, but i’m grateful for it too. you keep me connected to my there-home, and you help me understand her in new and different ways.

and you cause the ache in my heart to grow.

which is a very good thing, even though it hurts.

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:58:05 +0000

Compassion gives us an amazing lens to view it through. I hope you get to go in person one day too!