Loving Today’s Person
I always seem to write while watching children sleep. Today, Ty is cuddled with me in the hospital armchair and Kiara is sleeping in her...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 22, 2019
- 3 min
Disappointment & Scratchiness
We smile and nod and don’t breathe a word to sway the doctor’s opinion as he ‘Um’s’ and ‘Ah’s’ over whether to release Kiara today. We...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 21, 2019
- 3 min
Good News!
While Richard is watching Kiara sleep this afternoon, I am lying on our bedroom carpet tickling my six-year-old’s back. He told granny...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 20, 2019
- 4 min
God Made Visible
I always wanted to find a man who would walk five hundred miles and five hundred more because he wanted to be the man who walked five...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 19, 2019
- 4 min
When Being a Successful Christian Means Failing as a Parent
I let my daughter go. I let her go day after day. Right from the first time they wheeled her into surgery, I turned around and walked out...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 17, 2019
- 4 min
Freedom through Surrender
A shepherd should pay close attention to the faces of his flock And hold close to his heart the condition of those he cares for....
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Holding Me, Holding You
When we were kids we used to have this clever way of holding hands to make a swing to carry each other around. We’d link arms in some...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 15, 2019
- 3 min
Tender Love
Richard and I had our first argument five days after the accident. We had already agreed on so much in those first few days: whether we...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 14, 2019
- 3 min
Shoes on Earth
“Mommy, when can I wear my pointe shoes? I dreamt about them last night.” Kiara greets me this morning with her dreams of the future...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 12, 2019
- 1 min
Fun-Gavin Christmas!
Five days before the accident, our family was gifted a photo shoot. We had been wanting to have one for years, but you know how it goes -...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min
Favour in the Waiting
Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas?! One more sleep and counting! (I can’t help smiling as I’m writing this. Christmas never gets old,...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
He Wept
On 24 December at 23:50, while Kiara was in theatre, my sister, Deb, sent me this message: This sickness will not end in death. It will...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Making Room For Miracles
Medicine and miracles have danced a duet for centuries, taking turns at having the lead. Stories of miracles and those needing miracles...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min
Tell the President!
“Kiara, you’re the leading news story on News24 this morning. People are amazed at what God has done for you. Even the president might...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 7, 2019
- 3 min
Passing Ships
January waits for no woman! Time is flying, days are busy, I’m trying to keep up. Holidays are over - the boys have cricket trials... do...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 6, 2019
- 3 min
From Daddy Today
Today is Sunday. I’m a pastor. And I love Sunday’s. I love Sunday’s because it’s the day when we all get together. And they’re always...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
Joy in Place of Mourning
The sound of princess laughter has filled the ICU, drowning out the sighs. Kiara’s friends have brought a simple playdough game and they...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min
Five Hundred Miles
The song going around and around in my brain is “I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more, just to be the *mom*...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 3, 2019
- 3 min
Awake to the Fight
This morning I am awoken by the sound of my own sobbing. I dreamed they took my baby girl away. I wake fighting. I am traumatised, not by...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jan 2, 2019
- 3 min
Recovering Stolen Goods
It’s hard not to do cartwheels down the hospital passage. I couldn’t suppress a few skips and jumps. My ballerina is pointing her toes on...
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