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We are back in the States. It has been three weeks now, and, although we are still in temporary housing, we are starting to feel like we really live here again. Starting over after having lived overseas is a long process as some of you are well aware. There is so much to do at one time just like there was so much to do at one time before we left France- that would be why I haven't posted in so long. Life has been pretty crazy and stressful but thankfully, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel of transition.

It is great to be closer to family when you need help with the kids. The grandparents had childcare duty almost full time for the first 2 weeks we were here while D and I searched for a house. We finally found one and I'll hopefully have pictures up soon. Now it's on to finding cars and setting up utilities and getting the move coordinated. It is SO nice that all of these things can be done in English this time, though! What a difference it makes to be back in one's home country. It is nice to know where to go to buy the things that we need and to be familiar with the city where we are resettling. And then, this time, I can actually figure out how my cell phone and appliances work because the manuals are in English! I can actually communicate on the phone with no difficulty and with the people at SA's school and the bank, etc. How refreshing to go to an English church service again and be able to worship in my mother tongue! It is just such a different world form where I am coming from though, and I cannot help but have a different perspective now after having lived abroad as a foreigner in a different culture. So, you may have noticed I have changed the title of the blog but the address will remain the same. I hope to begin posting regularly again soon especially when we get our computer set up in our new home.