It’s easy to miss the miracles and blessings. Don’t. I was chatting with a friend earlier today about my recovery from my appendectomy, and they said, “Imagine how bad it would be without modern medicine.” I chuckled painfully and replied, “Without modern medicine I’d be dead. Twice over. Once ten years ago when my gallContinue reading “The Good Times Are Now”
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The Dissatisfied American
I subscribed to “The Week Junior,” a weekly newspaper for kids to give my six-year-old son something to read this summer, and give him the opportunity to learn about the broader world. Funny enough, the first issue included a study that confirmed something I’d anecdotally observed through my life abroad: People in impoverished and evenContinue reading “The Dissatisfied American”