welcome. i’m jamie, and i’ve been writing here since april 2007. there have been spurts and lulls, like anything in life, but after i married and soon became a mom, i missed my english-major days of sitting in dark corners, penning out my thoughts — so this became my substitute. it is my respite, and i’m willing to write about anything and everything. these days, though, blog fodder is mostly limited to the following: life in Christ, mommyhood, housewifery, music, books, and living overseas.
the name ‘high countries’ comes from the book ‘the great divorce’ by c.s. lewis. in it, he refers to the place between heaven and earth as ‘the high countries.’ to me, the name embodies a sense of moving upward, seeking the world we cannot see but know to exist. this lewis quote is my favorite: “if i find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that i was made for another world.”
i’ve been married to bryan for five-and-a-half years. we have three kiddos: jones (4.5), ezra (2) and harper (6 months). we have lived in japan since february 2008, spending the first two years studying japanese. (if you would like to know more about what we are doing in japan, go here.) i love baking and eating baked goods. i love learning and journaling. i love change and the excitement of doing something new and big, thus the daily walk of marriage, motherhood, and steady living have become a test of faith for me. i’m attempting to shape my life around the Bible and learn to live by the Spirit. today, i am not at all who i supposed i would be at this time of my life, but i love where God has brought me, pain and all. i thought i would be a lawyer, a journalist, a writer — instead i am a wife, a mom, a missionary, a homemaker. my dreams are different, and i’m really really enjoying this mommy gig, despite the bad days. i am utterly amazed at how different my life is than what i expected. it is a simpler, more adventurous life.
