A journey through grief, growth, and healing, explored through the lens of gardening metaphors and personal reflection
Category: Family and Parenting
What Makes Me So Special?
When you experience a traumatic loss like the one we did, everyone tells you to expect people to say...
A Promise in There Somewhere
Dec 14, 2017. My foster son had his first sleepover with his biological family last night. The mixed emotions that came...
Here We Go Again
For almost five years, I felt stuck. Like I was waiting at a train station, or maybe an airport. My waiting lasted from June...
Grandma like a Child
You break my heart. There’s me on the left and you on the right. Ten minutes after we took this...
Book Review: Lullabies for Little Criminals
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill, 2006, is a portrait of childhood on the streets. And yes, it made me...
My Ridiculous Tantrum (aka God’s Unending Patience)
Meet grumpy badger. He so aptly represents my latest (very immature) huff against God. Who would have thought that my...
My Mother’s Legacy — Mother’s Day 2014
My mom, a little Asian woman with a huge smile and a fierce child-like wonder, is weeping over lunch....
Bubbles the Evangelical Bunny
“Mom,” asks Evan, my nine-year old son, “Will we see Bubbles in heaven? Because she belonged to an evangelical...
8 Things I Learned Teaching Sunday School
When my husband and I were still in the get-to-know-you phase, he asked me, “What kind of church ministry...
Driven to Distraction…(umm literally)
There is one video that made me break the law. Truly. It’s a video of me and my church dance team...
Is Tough Love ‘Nuff Love?
“Okay. You get to cut the cookie in half. I get to choose which piece to eat.” “No! That’s...
The Year Everyone Moved
Moving is never fun. But I’m an expert now. In 2013, I lived through...
The Cinderella Story
Disney’s Frozen, loosely based on “The Snow Queen,”came out at the end of November to rave reviews. But I’m conflicted. I’m not...
That Christmas We Grieved
Two and a half years ago, the unthinkable happened. My friend, a beautiful young mom of two, went missing....
Loving Math (?!?!?)
Few things are as satisfying as sharpening a handful of pencils, then holding up the little tools to contemplate...
When Waiting Finally Ends
Today’s post is by guest blogger, Cecelia Cheung. Cecelia and her husband Keith adopted their beautiful daughter Audrey in...
Mommy Wake-Up Call
In the middle of the week, my 9-year-old son Evan has a massive temper tantrum just before dinner. He...
Mommy Guilt
I am generally neither a quitter nor a ditcher. But sometimes I am and it drives me bonkers. Two...
Whistle While You Work
I now exercise while I do housework. It came with the onslaught of Vancouver’s usual November downpours. I got...