Lydia Royce | May 5, 2026
I knew I was in trouble when I began to feel resistance to stepping into the classroom I once dearly loved. For nearly 15 years, I had lived and served...
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The mama with a messy bun (not the good kind), wearing yesterday’s clothes, streaked with baby spit-up. The teenager who's ready for a 15-hour nap after a “lit” church youth...
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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...
Continue ReadingSusan Narjala | January 10, 2024
Checking into a hotel by myself can be a rather unnerving experience for me. Having been a stay-at-home mom for almost 16 years, I’ve never really taken business trips alone....
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For years Sundays have been my least favourite day of the week. Why? Because they are the days when I, as a single woman living on my own, feel most...
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Four zucchinis lounge on my kitchen counter awaiting their fate. Soon, they will be peeled, shredded and then folded into a batter of flour, sugar, oil and eggs along with...
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“I’m so tired!!" My husband jokes that that’s the statement he hears from me most nowadays. Our family moved into our new home in a small community in Orissa two...
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It took a recent holiday with my family to see how much I needed a break from the day-to-day hustle of life. I did not realise how emotionally spread out...
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I love being a mother but there is one aspect of motherhood I dread. Sickness. I am a hopeless phobic when my children get sick. Every little cough or stomach...
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