At 2am in Africa I awoke, heart lurching. It was 8am in Singapore. As if my mother-heart knew, I awoke…
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A Mother's Heart
Leaving for Africa.
“You’re getting deployed to where in Africa?” “Eswatini.”“What?” “NO MAMA! NO GO!” Of course, my children’s response was a vehement…
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My Sister.
At the playground yesterday- “Why are you upset, my dear?” I asked my four-year old. “That boy was making Esther-praise…
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The Certainty of His Promise.
I hate talking to doctors when I’m the patient. But worse than that, is when my kids are the patients….
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On a New Way Forward.
After declining a radio interview on the topic, I nearly said no again. It was too sensitive. I still reeled…
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Hard Conversations
In my years of work, I have been publicly humiliated, yelled at, dismissed. But the hardest conversation I’ve ever had…
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