finish (and five minute friday news)
It happens, sometimes. Okay, it happens often. I bite off a project that is far more than I can chew, and slowly, gradually, the train of motivation sputters and chokes until it runs out of steam and comes screeching to a halt in the middle of the tracks. Project...
packing
My plan was to stay for six months.Until that moment, I had never before packed my life into two suitcases. What a chore it was to decide which of my possessions would be deemed worthy of viewing the sights of Cape Town.I remember laying out the candidates on the...
a day in the life of a domestic worker
She rises before the sun, shifting about quietly in her one-roomed shanty, careful not to disturb the three children sleeping on mats on the floor. She slips on her plakkies, fumbles around for the bucket and opens the door slowly, to minimize the volume of the...
when you don’t want to go home
A month ago at this time, I was breathing in the intoxicating grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. We were in Vail, Colorado for a family wedding, and it was pure bliss. The weekend was spent hiking, dining and dancing the night away, and passed altogether too...
dig deep, my girl
She wrapped her four-year-old fingers around the newly acquired piece of candy as if it were more precious than gold. Her fist tightly clasped, she could barely contain her glee as she skipped around the church parking lot clutching her prized possession.A while...
the antelope in the living room
If you’re looking for a light, easy, hilarious read, look no further. The Antelope in the Living Room, by The Big Mama blog author Melanie Shankle, is guaranteed to entertain. I read her book, Sparkly Green Earrings, a few months ago, and laughed out loud with...
captured on the high seas – a review
Captured on the High Seas is Book #14 in the Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station series. When I received a free copy of this book from the Tyndale Blog Network in exchange for my honest review, my kids were overjoyed. The older two in particular (ages 9...
where i belong
It's Five-Minute Friday again, and this week we're over at Crystal Stine's place with the word BELONG. Ready ... GO. It's pushing a trolley through a Cape Town Pick n' Pay and asking where to find the ketchup instead of the to-MAH-to sauce, calculating the...
willing to serve
A few weeks ago, my daughter landed her first summer job. She’s not even nine years old. A mom in our church asked if our eight-going-on-sixteen-year-old would be available to act as a mother’s helper for an hour a week. She basically just needed someone to go...
exhale
That year, Father's Day and our anniversary fell on the same day, and was spent stuffing and zipping suitcases before scurrying off to the airport. We hugged goodbye as I gathered my three chicks around me like a mother hen and shuffled them through security to...
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