Susan Narjala | November 14, 2025
When my daughter was little, she would present me with dainty bouquets—composed entirely of weeds. We lived in Portland, Oregon, at the time, and on our few and scattered sunny...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | October 21, 2025
Recently, in an effort to 'get fit in my forties', I’ve started doing sprints. Well, sprints may be a tad exaggerated. It’s more of a jog. Or a glorified shuffle....
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | August 11, 2025
I rummage through the snack drawer and pull out a happy assortment of goodies: Hide & Seek cookies, Medjool dates, salted makhana, and some woefully ignored packets of channa dal....
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | July 22, 2025
A group of grandpas huddle around a picnic table, engaged in an intense discussion. From nearby, high-pitched squeals of toddlers bounce around the park. I glance over. A grandma, wrapped...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | May 5, 2025
I’m at the age where many of life’s major decisions have been ironed out, neatly folded, and tucked away in a drawer. Not all of them, of course. But some...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | April 17, 2025
If you’ve grown up in the church, you’ve heard the Easter message on repeat. You’ve read the Bible passages. You’ve heard the sermons. You’ve sung the songs. You get it....
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | March 7, 2025
With several years of blogging in my rearview mirror, I’ve been, on occasion, asked, “So, why do you write?” I respond with my typical brand of tongue-in-cheek humour: “That’s pretty...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | February 11, 2025
Can life feel both overwhelming and insignificant at the same time? Let me assure you it can. More than a decade ago, when I was a young mom of two...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | January 21, 2025
“Guys, are you ready to leave?” “Guys??” “GUYSSS!!” A bored, disengaged response bounces back from my teens upstairs. “Why are you yelling? We already said we’re ready.” I’m pacing in...
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