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On Chinese Beaches, The Face-Kini Is In Fashion

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284SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I felt like this was something you really needed to know… by BILL CHAPPELL via On Chinese Beaches, The Face-Kini Is In Fashion : The Two-Way : NPR. Chinese beachgoers wear face-kinis in Qingdao, northeast China’s Shandong province. The face masks allow people to enjoy the water and sand — but not the effects of…

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A Beggar Kissed Me Today

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164SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List It was a brief transaction, simple, I thought, but much bigger than I may have realized. A glimpse. A moment. I was on my way to the grocery store to buy veggies for my wife when a middle aged man approached me. He wore flip flops and a yellow t-shirt with a hole. He…

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Emmanuel In The Midst Of Uncertainty

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157SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is a blog originally published by my wife, Lorna, in December, 2011. Her writing is always so touching and inspiring because she writes from a deep place of honesty and transparency. I am honored to give you a window into her heart. by Lorna Joannes @lornajoannes Two Christmas’s ago, David and I went…

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Where Are You From, Little Girl?

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230SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List My little girl, due in December 2012, is going to be a Third Culture Kid (TCK). She will have traveled around the world before she’s 2. She will speak English, Tagalog and Mandarin before she’s 6 years old. She will be uniquely able to communicate between cultures at age 10. She will have the…

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