- NEW VIDEO: Poppy and Henry Playing
Henry is so close to being ‘on the move’. One day, a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting in our living room having a nice cuddle with him when I found myself holding him just that little bit tighter and that little bit closer. Having watched one child reach and glide through these stages [...]
Last week we had the joy of returning to the church where we were married–seven years ago this June–for a celebration of the wedding of Emily’s sister Sally to our new South African brother-in-law, Elrick. The wedding day was superb and packed with chatting, laughing, singing, catching-up, dancing, and eating and more eating. Since Emily [...]
I’m blessed to be part of an extended family who cares deeply about our shared family history–our heritage. We, like many Americans, trace our roots well beyond American soil and into Europe. Also, like many in America, our ancestors experienced a familial renaming upon landing in the New World. We gained the letter “u” in the process, [...]
An essential element of any good story is tension or scariness–the conflict. A story without conflict is quite frankly boring. And certainly life as we know it is full of stressful parts that cause us to fear. What should we do then when we are reading a book or watching a movie with our children and it [...]
