I absolutely love etymology. I am the kind of person who is constantly, and probably obsessively, looking up where words come from. At this point, my kids know far more than they would ever care to know about word origins. I’m sure they will thank me for it one day... right? Finding out where a word comes from feels like uncovering a secret, a key that unlocks the "real" or "original" meaning of what we are saying. But in our quest for depth, especially in teaching, writing,
We had some really special visitors come see us! Jack's parents, Mark and Carol Campbell, and our niece, Vail, flew all the way from Utah to spend two weeks with us here in Côte d'Ivoire, and we had such a great time with them! We crammed so much into their two weeks here, and we still had a lot of down time to spend together at home. We don't take these visits for granted. I've read that one of THE BEST things that a grandparent can do to build relationships and bridge the g
