Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:38 Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, painting by Joachim Beuckelaer, ca. 1533-1575 Somewhere around the globe, 2021 Her smart watch beeps. It’s 5.20 in the morning. She yawns and tries to decide whether she needs to get up or not. But then she
Two nights ago I went outside to jog, and while jogging I listened to the sermon from Desiring God: Clinging to Christ in the digital age. The sermon talks about our living in the digital time, using the screens, the challenges and the principal in the connection to our positionsRead More
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 14:26 It was the last school day before the two weeks holiday. I came to pick up my children and saw almost every child had something in his hands – a small plant. I also saw a plant laid on the ground. Somebody must have dropped
Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:26 “The Happy Family” (Het Vrolijke Huisgezin), a painting by Jan Steen, 1668. Courtesy of Wikipedia The most meaningful life experiences don’t happen in the “when”, they happen in the “now”. ~Rachel Macy Stafford in her book: Hands Free Life As a mother, one of my greatest
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:09 We were having dinner at my friend’s place and were talking about life and all it, and suddenly I realized we’re now in the month of May! Time has gone by so fast – and you never know what’s the day or date when your
Sunday, 9 May 2021 09:07 You wake up in the middle of the night, still groggy from interrupted sleep, you hear a child is crying. You run to his room, consoling his wailing, knowing without any words – because he’s still sleeping – that he might have a bad dream.
Thursday, 6 May 2021 13:26 “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone” Gladys Bronwyn Stern One thing I always enforce in our home, is that my children have to say ‘bedankt, mama’ (thank you, mama) every time they receive the meal at home. Yes, I’m a bad mom – I
“J, stop putting your hand in your mouth!” “No, that’s not the bin for paper. You have to use the one above. Yes that one.” “Do you have an eye in the back of your head, Mama? How come you can see what we’re doing when you’re not looking atRead More
Two weeks of not-walking husband has left me with the responsibility of a single parent. This shouldn’t be something new, because for a year we practically lived apart between Paris and Utrecht – my husband in Paris and me and kids here at home. But I guess one sick manRead More
I’ve known the story of King Saul all of my life. The first king of Israel, a man who stood out among his fellows by his physical distinction: a handsome young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else (1 SamuelRead More
Life is full of things – complicated things. Some things are easy to define – helping others is right, stealing is wrong. But many things fall somewhere in between. And dealing with these things is never easy. We do wrongs not always because we’d like do so. Some people gambleRead More
It’s been days since so many things around me are completely out of my control, and I’m absolutely N O T H A P P Y. All the frustrations were so ready to snap out of my system, and the more I let everyone in the house know how frustratedRead More
As I laid in my bed tonight I suddenly remembered the mother of my friend. A university friend of mine, he was from the same year but different major with me. We were together in the swimming club of our university, and we were very close for several years ofRead More
It’s been three days since my dear husband stayed in bed. First it looked like he catches a cold. Fearing that he would share his virus to the children we arranged him to sleep alone in my daughter’s room. Two mornings later he woke up unable to move his rightRead More
One of the annoying things I deal with my children is the moment they don’t ask me when they deal with problems. “J, why do you stand still there? Have you finished your school work?” “No, mama. I don’t know how to do this part,” he pointed out some mathRead More
Lagi-lagi menjawab tantangan KLIP, yang temanya “Persiapan Menyambut Ramadhan”. Kenapa kok senang banget ikut tantangan KLIP? Hehehe, saya menggunakan tantangan mingguan ini sebagai suatu tantangan buat diri saya sendiri untuk menulis berdasarkan tema yang tidak diciptakan sendiri. Lumayan kan, setiap minggu ada satu tema baru, tidak usah capek-capek mikir sudah
She was a woman of praises, a beautiful young woman, graduated from high prestige university, small built and completed with meekness and gentleness. She was known by many, praised by many. Many juniors looked at her with full respect. Many good words were spoken about her. She was like aRead More
I know don’t about other people but I feel like my brain never stops working. It keeps talking to me. Does it mean I hear voices? Am I sychrizopenic? Am I delusional? I don’t think so. My life is pretty dull most of the time and yes I’m struggling everyRead More
Between two neighbours, there’s only a wall of 20 centimeters dividing the life of two families apart. The latest technology might even provide us with an even thinner wall, which still provides strength and isolation needed to divide two houses. With such a fine line between two lives, I realize
It’s been almost four months since the 2nd wave Corona lockdown applied in the Netherlands. I heard in the news the 3rd wave is coming and our neighbouring countries start to impose a new set of lockdown again. These lockdown and un-lockdown things have been going on and off so