Yesterday I shared how as a child-immigrant I felt and thought, a mixture of sorrow, anger and nobody understands me. I was also an invisible immigrant. Until I opened my mouth, and spoke American with a Dutch accident, I seemed just like other children. I was also an immigrant seeking gratitude for …
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Miracles – Tis a Gift to be Simple
Simple miracles, I have learned from family survivors of World War II, are actually magnificent miracles. (be sure to keep reading to the end forJewel's rendition of Tis a Gift to Be Simple) To have enough food, loving fellowship (gezelligheid), safety, time in nature, all of these are the gift of …
30 Days of Light 1-Gentleness
Gentleness In nature light rarely arrives in a flash, or all at once like a floodlight. Some light is breakthrough light, like a messenger through clouds and tree tops. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Most light gently arrives at dusk, and departs at …