In the season of rain, pray for rain

March 7, 2010

I pray at the kitchen sink more than anywhere else. I think it’s something to do with the soothing warm water and the fact that washing dishes is a focused task. Compared to, say, cleaning up the living room, which has me rabbit trailing between toys and books and the old carpet stain I keep [...]

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And then the babysitter said

March 5, 2010

(As transcribed from the text messages I received last week while traveling for work.) And then the babysitter said, “I KNEW they were being too quiet while I was putting away dishes. Jack let Micah into the bathroom and they’d turned the tub into a luge.” And then the babysitter said, “Geez, they’re sneaky! Needless [...]

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Lovesick, Homesick & a Twitter recommendation

March 3, 2010

A large chunk of my heart is buried under a tree that looks like this. A Jacaranda tree. They turn my hometown of Pretoria, South Africa lush purple every October. I miss that piece. It’s been two years since I buried it under a tree and boarded a plane for the States. Two years since [...]

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An unexpected serenade

March 2, 2010

In the car on a crowded highway in the dark a small voice sings off key. It’s the song I have sung to him almost every day of his four and a half years. The song I have sung till I am tired of the melody and the words have lost all meaning. The song [...]

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