The year was 1974. I’m sure it was just another hard day at work. The farmers were taking care of their communal pomegranate trees that were brought over via the Silk Road hundreds of years before. This day though, a well needed to be dug for these tasty invasive species. They were digging for hours…maybe…
China Troix
It rained. Not just a summer splash, but a torrent of rain with thunder and lightning; the likes that Annabelle had never seen before! So, we decided to go to a mall that had an entire floor of entertainment for kids. A room size sand pit with toys, trucks, and a kitchen (?), cars for…
China the Second
Well, the next day we spent getting our ducks in a row and then heading out to a kid zone area for Annabelle to play. It was hours of fun! Then we took what we thought was an ancient Chinese bike ride to a mall, but it turned out to be motorized! Hilarious! But still…
Intro to China
This is long. And its not done. I decided to make our China trip into a bit of a series. So…an intro to our trip to China: Some of my expectations of China turned out to be wrong. We didn’t need to wear masks to breath or take allergy pills. It wasn’t as dirty as…
To See Marines Mourn
I sat alone awkwardly. I really felt out of place and that I shouldn’t be there. But here I was anyway, sitting in the Foster chapel for a memorial service, flanked by women I didn’t know, with Marines in front and behind me. Barrett was about to give a five minute homily for his Marines…