by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2018
As the river of 2018 sweeps me away, I grab a tree branch, and look back. The current of life moves faster every year and I don’t want my story to be just a blur. I want to remember. Looking back, I see years of tension, trying to find balance between family and my...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 17, 2018
My daughter was already pained that I wasn’t getting any surprises for Christmas, when we arrived at the store. Close your eyes, she said, and hid something in the cart. I smiled, then wondered what the sales clerk thought when I turned my back while my daughter made...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 9, 2018
You know that feeling when you’ve spent two hours preparing a meal and everyone finishes eating in twenty minutes? For me it’s an energy slump and my mind goes a-blur. I feel the same way the day after Christmas. I can never pull myself out of bed and the details of...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 1, 2018
Something shifted that day, though I couldn’t put it into words. A speaker said something I’d never heard before. He admitted weakness to a crowd. Without knowing it, he offered me an invitation, but I couldn’t accept. I was afraid. As long as I remember, I’ve...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Dec 27, 2017
It’s easy to focus on what we’re missing by not being in Canada for Christmas. But after an expat friend travelled home for the holidays, she told me how much more she appreciated Christmas in China. So although I haven’t gone home for the holidays since we left...
