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Recently, at church, a friend commented that the next few weekends (leading to Advent and Christmas) already seemed busy with programs and commitments. I nodded, not yet having looked that...
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A few days ago, some of my closest friends came over for dinner to celebrate my birthday. I wasn’t in the country for it, and so two days later we...
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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...
Continue ReadingSusan 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...
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At the end of last year, I attended a wedding and a funeral on the same day. It was an experience of excruciating sorrow to witness the sudden passing of...
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...
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As a child, 'Daffodils' held a special place within the pages of my school poetry textbook - Panorama: A Selection of Poems. That book introduced me to poetry, and that...
Continue ReadingK | April 30, 2024
One of the stories my family has told about me over the years occurred when I was four or five. We were away on a long weekend trip to the...
Continue ReadingRitu Tiru Agarwal | March 27, 2024
Imagine if, as we parted ways on Easter eve, I casually mentioned, ‘See you tomorrow at 3 a.m. in the graveyard,’ with a bright smile on my face. You might...
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