Tag: family

  • Just a Little Tongue Tied

    Have you ever heard someone say they were tongue-tied? tongue-tied (adj.) 1. Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment. 2. Affected with tongue-tie. (source: free dictionary) I never really thought about where this phrase came from.  Apparently, it is a real thing to be tongue-tied!  We found out the hard way when difficulty…

  • Surprise!

    If you know Ryan or me very well, you’d know that we’re not the first people to want to hold someone else’s baby at a gathering, or to volunteer for nursery duty at church.  I’ve always said that I’m either having zero kids or four, leaning more towards zero.  In Haiti, literally everywhere you go, when…