by Deryn | Mar 20, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Social History, SOCIAL JUSTICE, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
My response to this week’s Challenge for the Welcome to My World question “What does the word WATER make you think of?”. For me, it immediately conjures up the picture of the Victoria Falls cascading over the edge of the rocks and the bridge over the... 
by Deryn | Mar 12, 2021 | Divorce, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
As part of the Welcome to My World challenge, I am first answering this week’s question: Q: What do you see as you look out of your window? A: I look out of the window of my soul at the world of the past, the present, and the future. The past makes sense of the past,... 
by Deryn | Feb 19, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Social History, SOCIAL JUSTICE, Spiritual, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Victoria Falls Bridge Does it matter where you were born, the place, and time in history? Time, location, and culture affect the way we view things and how we think. We often make assumptions based on our values shaped by that time and place and our... 
by Deryn | Feb 5, 2021 | Divorce, Grief, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Social History, Spiritual, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
When we get married, we have the starry-eyed dream of ‘happily ever after,’ and especially if we were to marry another Christian. That would make it just perfect or would it? I would like to introduce you to new author, Keabecoe Choene, who has just... 
by Deryn | Jan 22, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Social History, Spiritual, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
In my last blog, I chatted about the time and place we were born into in History. For every baby born the year of COVID, the parents spent time and thought finding a name they wanted to call their child. With great care, they chose a name befitting the new... 
by Deryn | Jan 8, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Seasons of Life, Social History, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Uncategorized
A New year heralds new beginnings, new opportunities, and hope that things will be better this year. We have just come to the end of the first year of COVID lockdowns. So many of my friends and family have had a new addition to their family this year. A year of...