Topics to Ponder

So here I am again. Sitting at the computer, ready to share some tidbit of my life. Not difficult due to a lack of material, but rather, the opposite- too much to share.

During the week, I often find myself thinking of things I should write.. Possible topics flit through my mind, often during the long walk to school every morning. Ok, long is a relative term. Just ask a pregnant woman waiting for the next available stall at a public bathroom. Five minutes can be an eternity!

But back to my possible topics. Here's a few that occupied the recesses of my mind for at least a short time this week.

1. Celebrating Christmas in a Buddhist country
2. The advantage/disadvantages of owning a scooter
3. The crazy dogs of Taiwan
4. Hospitals in Taiwan
5. My husband, the Taiwanese scooter driver
5. It's almost Christmas and I'm wearing shorts (this I decided against, considering most of you   packed your shorts away almost two months ago, and I want friends, not enemies)

Ok. I think you get the idea. So what topic did I decide on? Read on and take a guess.


School work. Friends. Swimming. Homework. Starbucks. Shopping. Basketball. Chinese.

If you guessed Abbi, you are correct.

 Abbi settled right into life in Taiwan as if she had been born here. She adjusted to the new challenge of attending a school with typical Chinese high expectations. And despite the fact of never swimming competitively, she joined the swim team. She almost ran for class president but a typhoon day kept her from turning in the appropriate paper work. Probably a good thing. I think she had enough on her plate.

Abbi and friends

During swim season, Abbi not only learned how to dive off the starting block, do the racing underwater flip turn (yeah, I don't know the terminology, sorry Coach Randy, and other coaching staff), she also learned the butterfly. Two weeks later she competed at a meet in a butterfly event. As the season progressed, she improved. At one meet, the women's relay team of which Abbi was a member, broke a school record. At the final meet, Abbi took four first places. One race  placed her in Morrison records with the third fastest time for 100meter freestyle. At the sports' awards, she was voted as most valuable member of the junior varsity team.

When basketball tryouts rolled around, Abbi was ready. Morrison has three women teams- varsity, junior varsity, and JVB- usually comprised of freshman and eighth graders. Abbi did great and earned a place on the JV team- the only freshman to do so.  Despite being the youngest, she has proven to her teammates and coaches she has the skills to be a great basketball player.





Ready for the rebound

Abbi's life is full. She studies hard. She plays hard. And if God leads you to, please pray for her and her brothers, too! This momma thanks you!






She shoots. She scores!