Four days ago, I waved goodbye to Bangladesh. I've been back for a couple of blurry-eyed days now.  Glad to be home, I fell into bed and hardly emerged for honestly almost 2 days.  The jet-lag is still kicking my butt today as I get back to my normal life routine of early-morning carpools, fixing lunches, menu planning, and laundry. Amidst my kids arguing over who-knows-what … [Read more...]

It's 4 in the morning here in Dhaka, Bangladesh and I'm wide awake on the one day that we actually have time to sleep in.  Isn't that the way that it goes?!  We've heard about the tornado-forming storms crossing the east coast of the United States, and I can't help but wish that despite my hatred of bad storms, I want to be home with my family to weather it.  But I'm not, and I … [Read more...]

I love meeting new people.  It's kinda just a thing I really enjoy.  And today I met a new person who I think may have changed me forever.  Her name is Ritu and she lives in a tiny village in Bangladesh. We drove probably an hour and a half outside of Dhaka past rice fields and brick makers.  Smokestacks for giant brick kilns lined the landscape as far as the eye could see in … [Read more...]