SAYS FYL

friends

  • old ties, forever friends

    In the mail yesterday was a bright yellow envelope from Kate Blom. The Bloms attend our home church in Maryland, one that we haven’t been able to rejoin since we moved to Nepal and then to Oregon. We haven’t lived in Maryland since 2000, but 10 years and more later, our Maryland church family still… Read more

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  • the real yemen

    When I hear anything about Yemen, I quickly word-associate it with Chandler. And just as quickly I laugh to myself while conjuring scenes of Chandler Bing perched on a dusty camel traversing the dry, wasted desert land towards his dung-plastered hut. Yeah, yeah, I know–There’s a lot more to Yemen than one episode  of Friends. Read more

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  • farewells come too quickly

    Journal entry from several years ago: The message read: “Attention—Betty is retiring. Farewell lunch next week.” I’ve known Betty for five years. She works two cubicles and a corridor from me. If there were a prize for motivation, Betty would win the gold. Velcro’ed on her cubicle wall is a saying every day. Today it’s… Read more

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