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July 29, 2014
Why I Bother Going To Church As a Young Mother [Excerpt]
Mornings and I don’t get along. Even on the best of days without children, mornings are hard for me. Add round-the-clock nursing into the mix and getting up, let alone going out, takes herculean effort. All this to say, if I make a public appearance before noon these days, you can be sure it’s someplace that matters to me.
Now that we have two young children, getting out of the house is quite a production. In the three weeks that we have existed as a family of four, we have made it out as an e...
July 14, 2014
Courage Is: Being OK with Insignificance
[This is a guest post by Jessica Everingham, originally published as "My Identity Is Broken".]
Insignificance. Failure.
Few words chill me like those two. I hate them even more than doing my taxes.
Why?
I’ll tell you, though I know this story won’t put me in the best light.
I’ve always enjoyed that there was something a little different about me. In school, it was simply that I was bright and everything came easily. After school, it was my job as a journalist. Everyone thought that was interesting...
July 5, 2014
Introducing Kayla Elizabeth Chan
We are deeply proud to introduce you to our baby daughter, Kayla Elizabeth Chan. Kayla was born on Friday, July 4th at 10:13pm. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and measured 20 1/4 inches long.
Kayla means “beloved”, and Elizabeth means “God is my satisfaction.” Since Olive decided to to Chan when we got married, all our childrenhavetaken on Chan as their last name. Our hope is that Kayla will know how beloved she is by God and by her family. We also hope that she would discover God...
June 2, 2014
Pregnancy: 1st vs. 2nd Time Around
As I write this, I’m 37 weeks along with my second child. There have been similarities between the two pregnancies, but also differences. I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison post here, in case anyone is interested, but also for the sake of my second kid who’s barely gotten any “airtime,” unlike big sister who got a gazillion blog posts whileshe was in the womb. Hah.
Physically
With my first, there were a handful of occasions where I was nauseated enough to actually puke and a ge...
May 19, 2014
Forgiving Without Closure – What an Unofficial Breakup taught me about Forgiveness
We met the summer before I entered university. He was handsome, sporty, and impressively intelligent. A year my senior, he looked out for me during my first months as a frosh.
It was a close but ambiguous relationship. We talked on the phone for hours, lead our campus Christian group together and he’d invite me to hang out with his buddies some weekends.
I really enjoyed his friendship – and he obviously enjoyed mine. Then, without warning, we hit The Fallout. He made a comment and I got offend...
April 14, 2014
What Lent Has to Do With Pregnancy
With my first child, I got to experience Advent in a deeper way as I anticipated the birth of my baby in the months leading up to Christmas. With this second child, I am experiencing Lent on a new level as I journey with Christ toward the crucifixion and Easter.
Traditionally, Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter, not including Sundays) is about repentance, the stripping away of all the things that hinder our growth toward Christ. It carries a somber, gloomy tone and invites us to deep soul-...
March 3, 2014
Why Bring a Baby to the Chiropractor
[This is a guest post byDr. Nareeta Stephenson, aPort Coquitlam Chiropractor specializing in family chiropractic, women's health and sensory processing disorder.]
Picture your baby before it’s born, it’s floating warm, safe and cushioned. Then gradually there is less room to move and stretch, things start to become cramped and then all of a sudden the walls start squeezing in, the fluid disappears and things get very intense. Finally after much pushing and squeezing your baby makes the shortes...
January 31, 2014
Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the Horse. It’s become a tradition in our family to create a Chinese New Year video greeting, as we are unable to celebrate with many of our friends and family during this time. Hope you enjoy this year’s video!
Note: You’ll need to turn up the volume so you can hear Allie’s greetings.
This was last year’s video, when Allie was 1 year old.
This was our first video, when Allie was just 2 month...
January 28, 2014
Our Word for 2014: Establish
Ever since we got married, Tim and I have set aside a day at the start of each year to dream, evaluate and plan for the upcoming year. We call it our “Blue Day.” (We explain this concept in detail in our book, “Fight With Me.”) We continued our tradition this January and left Allie to cavort with her grandparents while we borrowed our friends’ place for a day of reflection.
Last year, our word was “Courage.” We needed that word. It guided us, encouraged us and gave us strength as we wrote and...
December 31, 2013
Our Favourite Blog Posts from 2013
What a year it’s been! We continue to be humbled that folks like reading our stuff and would actually share our posts with friends. This year, we’ve seen several of our pieces gain an audience and more delightfully, we’ve had the blessing of hearing from and having dialogues with our readers – some of whom we’ve never met.
As we end off 2013, we’ve rounded up our favourite posts from this year. Enjoy!
Tim’s Favourite Posts from 2013
Why Saying “Marriage Isn’t For You” is Naive
This was probably t...
