I birthed my first babe a week ago. My unwashed hair is scraped into a lazy bun, my eyes sunken from lack of sleep. I’ve been wearing the same pajamas for days. Shuffling to and from the bathroom is a major event now, and I’m embarrassed by how difficult those few pathetic steps are. It […]
One of the Most Important Things I Can Do As a Father
by on June 12, 2018 8 Comments
By Shawn Smucker | Twitter: @shawnsmucker We were under blankets in the semi-dark, dusky light lining the blinds. I was trying to soothe my 4-year-old’s bruised feelings, his heart aching at some fresh discouragement, his disappointment cresting at the great injustice of a 7pm bed time. When you are the fifth of six children, and […]
Motherhood Un-Wisdom
by on June 7, 2018 12 Comments
My stomach precedes me as I navigate between cramped tables and chairs. I wave to aunts I haven’t seen since the last family wedding and cousins who look impossibly grown up. It couldn’t have been that long ago we were skating in woolen slippers around Oma’s kitchen floor, devouring pans of her impossibly good Rice […]
Confessions of a Serial Planner
by on June 20, 2016 11 Comments
I am a planner. This includes any project I take on, but five-year plans are my favourite, giving me a sense of purpose, direction and control. I feel safe when my plans are detailed and well laid out. I like knowing where I am going and how I am going to get there. It should, […]
The Blue Boy and The Cricket
by on March 22, 2013 14 Comments
“Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wonder if God hates me.” – By Anne-Marie Heckt I sat on a rock, with a cricket for company and the sun a halo over the mountain, and thought about blue. The blue of mountains, the blue of ocean, and the blue of my son’s face the afternoon […]
