by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 9, 2014 | Diane's Posts
His golden brown eyes shimmer silver and with trembling chin he protests, “But I want it and you have money.” Our four-year-old has seen a Transformer toy and wants it more than anything in the world. Not that there aren’t any Transformer toys in his toy box, but his...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
I tread lightly and whisper it softly, breath warming frost nipped air gathering on the tip of my nose, that we misunderstood Jesus. You may have seen this facebook status, in which I finally let loose convictions, and then I decided to allow God to use my fingertips...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Christmas in South Africa was always hot. Kids gathered around the tree, sunburns still stinging. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” pounding hopefully out over the radio. Our tree was always a live one and the years we gathered at Ouma and...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 22, 2012 | Diane's Posts
So here we all are, with the exception of our step-granddaughter who was with her mother. None are perfect. Some are related by blood, some by marriage, but all by choice. When stepfamilies are created we all have to give a great amount of Grace to one another, and...