In summer you might find me in my perennial garden. In fall, I might be working on a quilt. In winter I’d be cozied up with a book, our spaniel Pip at my feet. In spring I might be writing something for CPH or another Christian publisher at the table under the big casement window. But always, I’d be thinking about children. They pop into my mind, especially as God directs my prayers in the moment. I’ve been teaching children now for nearly two decades from a start in Chicago to Cleveland, and back to Chicago. I took time off then to raise our 3 kids, sending them by train to St. John’s because even back then, St. John’s reputation was stellar! After 7 years here, my Lutheran teacher husband took our family to Hong Kong International School, the largest Lutheran school in the world!
We returned when our oldest was about ready to head to college and launched her from Florida. She came back to Chicago. We launched the second; he came back to Chicago. We launched the third; she came back to Illinois. So, not long later, we came back to Chicago too! We did try a stint in N. Carolina, but once again, came back to Chicago and now here I am where we started with our own children. We made a good choice. I think you have also!
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