Susan Narjala | September 11, 2026
We recently moved our 18-year-old son from India to college in Indiana—more than 8,000 miles away from us. And while he is navigating a completely new environment, as parents, we’re...
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There’s this quiet sentence that often follows single mothers around. Something must have gone wrong. People don’t always say it. But you feel it. In forms that automatically ask for...
Continue ReadingSabrina Howell | February 17, 2026
Lately, I’ve been tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. Not the kind of tired that disappears after a good night or a quiet morning, but the kind that...
Continue ReadingShiphrah Lakka | November 25, 2025
I kiss their foreheads, inhaling their sweet scent. These precious little girls—my daughters—bring me more joy than I thought possible. God has done this for me. He has fulfilled the...
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Three tiny tots, who once threw tantrums and constantly begged to be carried, now see me stressing out and flippantly say, “Relax, Ma... We got this!” Their once tiny toes...
Continue ReadingShiphrah Lakka | August 26, 2025
The other day, I overheard my 7-year-old humming softly as she played, "What is our only hope in life and death? That we are not our own but belong to...
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 ReadingSabrina Howell | April 21, 2025
Waiting for healing after the death of my firstborn son was the hardest kind of waiting. It wasn’t a countdown to something better; it was survival. Time moved forward, but...
Continue ReadingShiphrah Lakka | March 17, 2025
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve found myself in that awkward moment. You know the one—when someone asks, "What do you do?" and my instinctive response is...
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