Category: Family

The holiday season has begun and for some of us, our first reaction may likely be overwhelming panic! However, with just a few changes in your daily actions, your holiday season can be filled with peace instead of panic. One simple Thanksgiving tradition we have established for over a decade has helped change the way we experience the season. We create a Thanksgiving tree each November, crafted the old-fashioned way using brown paper grocery bags…

Wax paper lessons. Sometimes apparent scarcity is a chance to learn and return to solutions from the past. There is no superiority in the solution, but there is opportunity to share an experience of love and care.  Recently, I had 13 extra people staying in my home. That in itself had daily opportunities to serve and give in simple ways — mostly in the form of providing and preparing food! And as is often the case…

Meet Raphe. He is my son. Raphe never had a birthday. He died in the womb. He was delivered close to 20 weeks gestation on 25 September 1997. Raphe Day is how I always think of this day now. On his 20th anniversary, I’d like you to know a little about him. He was my 6th son and the 7th child in our lineup. We found out we were pregnant in the beautiful month of…

I wonder if God doesn’t play I Spy with us. Remember the game, I SPY? I spy with my little eye… and someone gives a clue of something they’re looking at . The game is to see if, with the clue, you can figure out what they see. The goal, of course, is to stump you. To help us overcome our human limitations of time and space, I wonder if He doesn’t provide us with…