We’re back in Ankara. I just read my wife’s blog and I think she put it well…what was once so foreign has become familiar. We are…home. It was nice to come home this time around. I was pretty wiped out by the time we got…home. I did as much as I possibly could in the last month. Oh, it was great, don’t get me wrong. It was worth it, but, it took ( Read more... )

One year ago tomorrow my cousin Laura passed away suddenly at the age of 39. She was a school teacher. She woke up, said goodbye to her family, went to school, was in the principles office, passed out, and never came to again. It was a shock...a tremendous shock indeed, and it's hard to believe it was a year ago. Time definitly does fly ( Read more... )