I have a memory of belonging, of feeling at home.
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Chasing Passion Among Sheep
It is approximately 1:00 am when the bus pulls into the service center and I file out behind the women wearing headscarves. I am a spectacle, to be sure. I pay to use the Turkish toilet, remembering the awkward squat this set up requires and one particular time on a ferry boat while 7 months…
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The Presence of Photography
I miss my son. College is a brutal separation and makes me more sentimental than I have ever been. Scrolling through photos taken during our summer vacation, feeling a bit weepy over the ones with him and me, I am full of gratitude. Beyond the memories of the adventure, I marvel at the textures, the…
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A Bookend Journey
Above my desk hangs a framed black and white photo of two sets of feet. I took it on our first vacation as a family of three. My husband’s feet are covered in white sand and my one-year-old’s chubby toes sit atop. The vacation was paid for by parents and preceded our move overseas by…
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Spies, Spices and Scarves
I woke in a sweat and hurled myself into my husband’s arms in the kitchen. When had I last remembered a dream so vividly and when had I last felt such panic and fear?
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Neyse Ne
The call to prayer echoed down the canyon between Istanbul and Ankara as we sat in our circle high in the mountains.
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Joy to all people
In 2012, for one week in November, I checked the international ticker on CNN every couple of hours.
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