Universal Values and the Attention of Terror

This morning the southern hemisphere woke to news of another terror attack in Paris.  Multiple attacks have taken place across the city.  A state of emergency has been declared and the country’s borders have closed.  A hundred people are currently being held hostage at a concert hall, fifteen are already dead at this one site, … More Universal Values and the Attention of Terror

Until We Meet Again

It’s my last day in Cambodia after a whirlwind final week. By the time I returned from the US last weekend, Chom hadn’t seen his family, including his new baby, for five weeks.  We made arrangements for an overnight visit to them a few days later.  We traveled almost three hours upstream on the western … More Until We Meet Again

Cambodia In America

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream ~ Anatole France These words could have been written specifically for Paula.  After developing severe, chronic abdominal pain during pregnancy in 2011, her interim years have been a living hell.  We met on one of her most wretched days, approximately 16 months ago.  She had … More Cambodia In America