I will never forget that morning in November. The previous night after working night & day for weeks, I had finally finished my last essay to complete my Masters. I was exhausted & relieved. While my husband was on a client call in our office at home, I was having a cup of tea when my phone rang. It was my specialist doctor who I had seen on an unrelated issue weeks ago. I picked …
In 2011 life in Syria was good. My husband Johnny had a thriving business that provided us with a comfortable life and I loved caring for our children Joseph (9) and Wendy (5). As a family we enjoyed going out for dinner or to a movie and spending time with our friends, neighbours and large extended family. Although we lived in a predominantly Christian area of Aleppo we had good relationships with many Muslim families …
Since I was a little girl, I loved Jesus, and I loved family. Just a few months ago, my mom found all of my grade school homework. All of my stories were intertwined with wanting people to know Jesus. A close second was falling in love and having a family. When I was 18 years old I prayed, “God, I don’t want to do the normal dating thing, I want to be used by you, …
As the oldest daughter in a family of seven children my journey into motherhood began at a very early age. I was three years old when my mother gave birth to twins and it was at this time that my sense of responsibility for the care and nurture of others began in earnest. I didn’t mind. I loved babies and children and I still do. But looking back I now see that as I took …
I was so excited to go and in typical teen-girl fashion, I had carefully chosen my summer outfit, a new bikini, cute hat and sandals that matched. I was ready, Water Park here I come. When you are a freshman in high school, all of these details matter because you never know when you might just meet, ‘the one’ and just in case today was the day I needed to look awesome! Unfortunately it soon …
