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Sisterhood - What A Night! Pics, Podcasts, Video Clips and a Big Surprise...
Where do I begin? From having to move to a bigger venue, to having to open the doors early due to the sheer press of the crowds, people...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Letting Down My Guard
We are home. The make-up on my face, the self-sufficiency on my shoulders, the girding of my abdomen in anticipation of a blow... I allow...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 22, 20193 min read


A Faith Perspective (& a little dancing!)
We’re feeling on top of the world today. Kiara seems to have had no neurological setbacks at all from the op. Her O.T. assessments show a...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 18, 20193 min read


Heads Up, Heads Down
I find that sympathy breaks my focus. When I’m climbing a vertical slope out of a hot valley, and my husband keeps asking me if I’m okay,...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 15, 20195 min read


Circling the Summit
This journey of ours, and the journey of life, often feels like we’re making circles around the same mountain as we pass through moments...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 13, 20194 min read


Distraction and Focus
Words and life have always been synonymous for me. I struggle with small talk, and with what I would call ‘gushy’ compliments. I find...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 12, 20193 min read


To the Men Who have been Listening
Tonight I would like to address the men that have been following this journey, and in particular the writings on this blog: those that...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 11, 20194 min read


Remember to Celebrate
Where do I begin to tell today’s story? In the midst of the pain or with the news of the victory? That is so often the question. The last...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 7, 20194 min read


Friends who Fight and Friends who Listen
Kiara has always been able to process emotions quietly and deeply. She seldom has need to talk about them, and when she does release what...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Feb 1, 20194 min read


Detours & Destinies
Samuel is nine years old. He joined our family when he was about six. Being originally Zulu, his grasp of technical English is still...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 30, 20194 min read


Grief & Gratitude
I went silent on you after we arrived home on Friday - distracted partially by gratitude, partially by grief. Gratitude, because every...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 28, 20194 min read


Catching our Breath
We are home. We have loved every moment of sharing this journey with you. Tonight we catch our collective breath as a family. Thank you!...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 25, 20191 min read


Faith Trumps Hope
“If they don’t let us go home tomorrow, I’m seriously gonna scream!” Kiara is grinning as she says it, but it’s a true word spoken in...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 24, 20192 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 23, 20194 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 22, 20193 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 21, 20193 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 20, 20194 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 19, 20194 min read


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....

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 17, 20194 min read


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...

Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 16, 20193 min read

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