I have learned a lot in just my seventeen years of life so far. Coming from a broken family that’s still together, yeah, my parents are still together, but they don’t even look at each... Read more >>

When you’ve lost your job and are not sleeping well, it’s nice to have a beautiful bathroom in which to relax (or curl up in a fetal position). Had my husband and I known unemployment... Read more >>

You Can’t Go Home Again, by Thomas Wolfe, was required reading when I was in college. It is one of those stories that remain with you for life. The main character is a novice writer who leaves... Read more >>

It was cold in the living room, despite the fact that the weather outside was a pleasant eighty-one degrees and almost unbearably sunny. The house had never been well insulated. In fact, there had... Read more >>

Amazingly, we have just notched up a world record in terms of address book entries for the Lings. As of August, we will have lived in the same country for over five years, which beats our previous... Read more >>

I couldn’t believe it! After what seemed like a lifetime of financial struggle and years spent repairing mobile homes that continued to decline in value despite our efforts to maintain them, our... Read more >>

Imagine this scenario—your parents are downsizing from their house of forty years to a small condo. In their attic are boxes upon boxes of things from your childhood, their childhood, and... Read more >>

1. Shelves with clean lines are versatile for storage and showcasing personal objects + look stunning in a space. If you can go floor-to-ceiling in your space, you can make your space feel bigger by... Read more >>

I was in the middle of telling a story at the dinner table last night when the doorbell rang. I got up and answered the door. A man told me in broken English, “I looking for work.”... Read more >>

They come every afternoon with book bags flying, their Converse stomping the front lawn, their maniacal little giggles rushing into the still air, oblivious to what has been done while they were gone,... Read more >>