Author Archives: Erin

Today, Cecily and I went to Irene Market to get some cool stuff and to eat some even cooler food.  Check it out: Cecily’s school break is coming to a quick end, so we’re trying to milk these last few days before she heads back to the U.S.

This really did happen to me today.  I didn’t make it up; my mind is not this creative. Today I went to a pharmacy in Pretoria.  It was a pharmacy called DisChem which is similar to a Walgreens in the U.S.  It’s basically a big store with lots of products that just happens to haveContinue reading “A True Story; Not a Horse Tale”

In the years that I have lived overseas (7 years combined), I have at times found myself in unexpected situations, doing things that I doubt I ever would have done had I stayed in the US. For example, when I was a Mormon missionary in Italy in my early 20s, I taught a couple ofContinue reading “Unexpected”

I know a lot of people who don’t like to spend time alone.  I am not one of those people.  In fact, I find that I need a certain amount of time alone.  And I’m pretty sure that the last time I spent a whole night alone, I was in my 20’s. Since I becameContinue reading “Alone! Alone! Alone!”

Some people were not meant to scuba dive.  We are those people. We spent the last few days at Sodwana Bay and St. Lucia on the eastern coast of South Africa.  Jason set up scuba lessons for himself, Elizabeth, Ben and me.  Noah was certified last year on a school outing in Jordan.  In theContinue reading “Scuba Failure, American Idol Audition and Naughty Monkeys”