Jasmine.

child of the ever changing moon


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Happy birthday, my precious daughter

  We celebrate your birthday, as you turn ten today, but we have got the gift, just the perfect gift, that on this very special day, God gave away, a gift of love from up above, so unique and so rare  God has specially made you to the very tip of your nose, as precious [...]

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Another of those motherhood dramas.

Bliss. I have understood that now as a mother to my eleven-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter. In contrast to what I perceived before as an overrated show of affection & protectiveness parents have for their children, I kind of feel a sense of enlightenment from ignorance, a fundamental shift away from self-focus to a more [...]

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Chewing on a Stone.

“Raising children is like chewing on a stone”, says a popular Arab teaching.  Exactly the metaphor to describe how being a parent is one of the hardest tasks there is.  Parenthood is not as simple as saying omph, and voila…the child sloshes out of your womb. You, my dear, are helping shape another life. That [...]

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A heart that never hates.

Comedian Chokoleit’s tweet this morning goes: Carry a heart that never hates. Carry a smile that never fades. Carry a touch that never hurts & always carry a LOVE that always gives. Wow. It definitely made my day! I have been mad and pissed off and totally distracted since yesterday after coming home to a [...]

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Dmitri Tikboy.

Something is keeping our family “high” these days (ooops, before the cops read my blog, we’re not into any form of substance abuse, okay?). Actually, I’m pertaining to my daughter’s birthday gift that she wished for several months ago. Faith never a missed a day reminding us of a poodle or shih tzu for a [...]

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