by Leeana Tankersley | Feb 23, 2013 | Home Page
At this moment of upheaval and transition and discomfort and re-entry and celebration and exultance and homecoming and all-things-new, I remember the simply profound words of Psalm 68:6, “God makes homes for the homeless.”If you are feeling any kind of...
by Leeana Tankersley | Feb 15, 2013 | Home Page
This post marks my last writing from Bahrain. Soon we will be on our way westward, back to San Diego, after right about 20 months of adventure in the Middle East. Thank you for taking this journey with me. Both a physical journey of miles, and an emotional journey of...
by Leeana Tankersley | Feb 5, 2013 | Home Page
Some days we need to sit down and rest. Some days we need to get up and fight! “The only easy day was yesterday” is a slogan used in the SEAL teams, one that helps the guys get through their training. A powerful sentiment . . . especially if we are prone to self-pity...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 29, 2013 | Home Page
When you have small children or live overseas or live overseas in a hotel for 5 weeks before you fly 28 hours around the world with the small children or are preparing for some kind of enormous life transition, sometimes (you know, hardly worth mentioning) you might...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 20, 2013 | Home Page
I find I am forever juggling one too many objects at any given time in my day. Cell phone, car keys, base ID, purse, beverage (always, always a beverage), some toy-of-the-hour that each kid must have before leaving the house. Something hanging from every finger....
by Leeana Tankersley | Jan 13, 2013 | Home Page
I posted the following on FB and Twitter the other day: “Sometimes the person we most need to make amends with is ourselves.” This is a concept I’ve been wrestling with since Luke and Lane were born. Those early days of motherhood acquainted me with my own limits in a...