In the Blink of an Eye
Three months ago when I stepped on Spanish soil, I had to make many decisions about how to live in that country. I had to quickly adapt without the benefit of having my American family or friends with...
View ArticleEspaña Update 9 ~ Home Sweet Home
Homeward bound—Seattle, Washington. My day of travel started over 16 hours earlier with a bittersweet farewell between me and my Spanish family. Now I was at JFK International Airport in New York...
View ArticleBreaking the Silence & Letting Go
Two months after my return from Spain I still haven’t been able to piece together what to write about how my trip relates to the continuation of my story in “Journeys to Mother Love”. Over the last...
View ArticleThe Reality of Culture Shock
I’ve heard it said that ignorance is bliss. After my summer in Spain, I’d have to say that ignorance is definitely not bliss. With all the physical, mental, and spiritual preparation I did for my...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Action, Part 1 ~ Making Music in Spain
Those three simple words, “lights, camera, action” are universally associated with filmmaking. Until last summer, my only role remotely associated with the theater was a bit part I was required to play...
View ArticleA 6-Week Tour of Spain
I can sum up 2013 in one little word, S-P-A-I-N! It changed me. It’s a part of me—past, present and future. So with that in mind, I end my year of blogging, with one final Spanish post. It is sort...
View ArticleWhat if His People Prayed, Part 2 ~ Global Prayers
Before my mother passed away three years ago, my regular prayer life was mostly made up of prayers before family meals and some daily devotional or quiet time in the morning. I also prayed short...
View ArticleGod Knows the Desires of our Heart
It was siesta time on Day 29 of my 42-day pilgrimage through Spain in 2013. This was my 5th day in Sóller, near the northwest coast of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. I was sitting poolside...
View ArticleCommemorating Christopher Columbus in Spanish Style, Part 1
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” The opening line of the poem “In 1492” about Christopher Columbus takes me back to my childhood when we learned about Columbus and his...
View ArticleCommemorating Christopher Columbus in Spanish Style, Part 2
What would it be like to celebrate a national holiday in a foreign country? I wondered that myself when I found out that I would be in Spain on October 12 for Fiesta Nacional de España, otherwise known...
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