Day One in Cape Town :: We Feast
This is Part 4 in a four-part series on our arrival in Cape Town, South Africa. Click the following links to read the first three posts: Part 1: Homecoming: Our Cape Town Arrival After Five Years Away Part 2: Returning Home Part 3: Why We Came: Return to Cape Town...
Why We Came :: Return to Cape Town
This is Part 3 of the story about our arrival in Cape Town, South Africa after five years living overseas. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. 9 June 2018 “This house is like a train!” Kagiso exclaims. “It’s so long!” It’s the same house he lived in for three years...
Returning Home
This is Part 2 of our story returning home to Cape Town after five years living in the States. Read Part I here. 9 June 2018 I use up the last tissue in my pocket dabbing my eyes and blowing my nose, doing my best to pull myself together before we fall into...
Homecoming :: Our Cape Town Arrival After Five Years Away
9 June 2018 After what felt like a never-ending flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town, the countdown on the screen in front of my airplane seat told me we had six minutes until landing. Since it was after nine o’clock at on a South African winter night, the sun had...
A Place to Land Reviews, Reader Responses, and Appearances
In this special edition link-up, I'm giving readers an opportunity to share A Place to Land reviews and creative responses to the book. Have you already read A Place to Land? Feel free to leave your own response or review in the comments below! Want to know what...
The Story Behind the Memoir, A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging
My memoir, A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging, officially releases today! Well, here we are. After more than four years working on this project, today A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging officially releases into the world....
A Prayer for Comfort for Those Who are Grieving
Are you or someone you know grieving a loss right now? If so, here is a prayer for comfort just for you. If you'd like a printable version of the prayer for comfort, you can find a free printable download below. If you're looking for an additional resource to help...
5 Truths About Home {Guest post by Brenda L. Yoder}
It's my pleasure to welcome author, speaker, and licensed mental health counselor Brenda L. Yoder today, with a guest post on five truths about home. I recently read Brenda's book, Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind, and I can highly recommend it!...
How to Be a Good Friend During Hard Times
If the tables had been turned, I would've had no idea how to be a good friend on such a difficult, emotional day. Shucks, I hardly know what to write in a sympathy card when my friends experience loss -- and yet, on the day my mom died, my friends showed up for me....
Christ at Home in Me {Guest Post by Katie M. Reid}
I am so excited to welcome my dear friend, Katie M. Reid, to Heading Home today. Katie has been such a blessing to me in recent years, always with a brilliant idea or timely encouragement to share. Katie's first book, Made Like Martha: Good...
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