My husband and I recently finished a television series called “Kim’s Convenience”. It’s the story of a Korean family that immigrated to Canada. They run a convenience store and are very active in their Korean Christian church. They have a son and daughter, and over the few seasons, it depicts the challenges of raising a […]
Goat scream. That’s what my kids call my cheer from the sidelines. There’s no mistaking Mama’s scream. Just imagine the screaming goat from the movie, The Grinch. If you haven’t seen it, you need to look it up online. Needless to say, it isn’t pretty. I don’t know how to explain the bubble of joy […]
A witness doesn’t just talk about the evidence. A witness is the evidence. What does it mean to be a witness for Christ? Teacher: Anitha (Anu) Abraham Presented at IPC Hebron (Dallas) on 4.15.23.
My husband and I each have two siblings, the youngest being 10 years apart from us. That means while our children are in their teens and twenties, our nieces and nephews range from 6 months old to pre-teens. I absolutely adore the variety of ages and stages in our family. Just this past week, we […]
It’s such a special time of year. Families and friends getting together. Feasts of delicious food being prepared. Festive decor and music surrounding us. But the reality is that you may be reading this and struggling with feeling merry. You may be sitting in a hospital room. You may be alone. You may be without […]
I had one big ask when my husband and I started talking: Please don’t tell me “I love you” until you’re ready to propose. Those words needed to be backed up by a promise to commit. I had grown up in a home where we said “I love you” daily- when someone was leaving the […]
There are a couple of texting features that I use A LOT on my phone: Voice texting – who really wants to type all those words anyway? Editing – because sometimes Siri doesn’t understand me. Even when I am going old school and using my fingers to send a text, I still manage to mess […]
After experiencing 2020 & 2021, I had high hopes for 2022. Surely, it could only get better, right? It actually started out pretty good. My mask was getting a little dusty on the bottom of my purse from lack of usage. I completed a training program at a local church. After dealing with some health […]
Often I feel like I am always late in the game of life. Late in my career compared to my peers, late to investing in the good deals, and just generally feeling like I am behind the 8 ball, so to speak. Sometimes when I think about it too long, it’s easy to only see […]
Last night, I sat on the edge of my daughter’s bed as she was getting ready to sleep. Now that she’s older, bedtime stories have transitioned from silly made-up adventures to deeper real-life conversations. Stressors at school, teachers, and relationships are just a few of the topics we chat about in the dark. Sometimes we […]
Trust Transforms
As I look at this picture of my firstborn as a toddler, a flood of memories comes back. My greatest challenge as a parent in that season was navigating between dependence and independence. In my
