We were on our long stint in the U.S., in Tallahassee, Florida, where Chip was pursuing his PhD in adult education. We had already been there a year, where our boys were attending a Christian private school. We usually had very positive experiences with Christian schools. However, there is often Read more…
Someone wise once said “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers [and presumably sisters] live together in harmony!” (Psalm 133, NLT) Human beings are created to be social creatures. Even God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone”, when he created Adam, the very first Read more…
There we sat in the rented 4WD vehicle looking at each other, stranded in the Aberdare Mountains, in the wild, with all the engine oil making a black river running downhill from under the vehicle. What do we do? Ah, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Not all our family Read more…
As mentioned in the first edition, family vacations are great times of rest, bonding, new experiences and adventures. But sometimes, those adventures don’t seem so great at the time. Nevertheless, they often grow on our hearts with the passage of time and can become a great source of reminiscing, sometimes Read more…
I wrote this post in 2017. On this July 4th in 2023, as I ponder my citizenship as an American, even as I have also applied to become a Kenyan citizen, these thoughts come up again. This is still relevant. Happy birthday America! Since childhood, I have always had some Read more…
There is a song by the famous singer Amy Grant I used to listen to all the time, called My Father’s Eyes. In it she talks about the old saying where people so often say this or that person has their mother’s or father’s eyes, then compares it to having Read more…
Family vacations – we all love them, right? I have almost a love/hate relationship with family holiday trips. I do love the sense of adventure, the change in dull routine, seeing new places, trying new things, and above all, getting to spend leisurely time with family. Nevertheless, sometimes these intended Read more…
We had just come out of the sanctuary at church and there she was, across the foyer lying on the floor at the doorway to the pastor’s office, by all appearances taking a little nap. My first feeling was that of embarrassment…again. My daughter, the impulsive one. When the urge Read more…
I sat in my neighbor’s living room, enjoying tea with her while we both laughed til tears ran down our faces. Amanda had done it again. This little girl was always such a source of comedy and yet she wasn’t trying to be funny at all! We had become good Read more…
When I was a young adult, I was proud of my apparent large capacity for work and my good work ethic. Both my parents had taught me well. My mother believed in hard work and in doing a job right, with excellence. My father was organized and attended to every Read more…