when a leader is honored {day 19 :: honor}
It felt as though the world drew a collective breath when the news broke. Nelson Mandela, at age 95, was gone. The word “hero” doesn’t suffice. I shudder to think what could have happened to the nation of South Africa, had God not used...when a kitchen unites cultures {day 18 :: taste}
This is Day 18 of 31 Days of Life in South Africa — a series in which every post has been written as a five-minute free write. Today’s prompt is: TASTE. Ready? GO. *** My mother-in-law can cook. Like, really well. Whenever we used to visit her in Cape Town, which was...five minute friday and a giveaway! {day 17 :: long}
You guys! We’ve made it through more than half of October! High five! Who else is doing #write31days? How’s it going so far? How have you been challenged, stretched, encouraged, frustrated? Overwhelmed? Strengthened? Inspired? Which series have you...parenting across cultures {day 16 :: adjust}
Hello! Welcome, and thanks for stopping by! This is Day 16 of 31 Days of Life in South Africa — a series in which every post has been written as a free-write in five minutes flat. Yesterday I shared my daughter’s birth story. The rest of the posts in...a birth story {day 15 :: life}
I thought you were going to be a boy. Everybody did. Except Grandma. She said that as soon as she got off the plane in Cape Town and saw that I was carrying you all tight and compact in the front, she thought you were a girl. She said she had carried me and my sister...
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