This summer at Grace we’ve had to say goodbye to many people who’ve moved away for one reason or another. For me the hardest goodbye was seeing our daughter – our first-born – leave home to spend eight months in New Zealand. Meredith will be living with one family and helping another family with homeschooling…

One of the blessings of living in Alaska is that you don’t have to travel to enjoy a world-class tourist experience. I took a vacation last week while my parents were here visiting from Montana, and with them my family played tourist for several days. We started by spending a couple of nights in Seward,…