by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 24, 2023
A Star-Filled Sky I’ve told you the stories I’ve told you the stories, how our oldest couldn’t renew his visa, how our boys left home, how we followed not long after. How our life was turned upside-down. I’ve told of the sadness of saying good-bye. Of...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Sep 23, 2021
A Race I Didn’t Want To Win It was meant to be Malachi and Zachary’s last day in China and Brian was in search of a restaurant. “Cheap,” he thought, “we’ve already put so much money into plane tickets…but special.” Beef Noodle Soup was the perfect...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 19, 2021
Liberation Tower “I heard back from the Consulate,” I told Brian. “Either the boys or one of us needs to be there in person, since they’re switching from child to adult passports.” “What! Travel to another province? With all that’s going on with Covid?” ...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 30, 2021
A Promise To Myself It’s lockdowns and stay-cations and heartache. My family is on the other side of the world, and friends, who were once neighbours, are scattered around the globe unable to return to the place they call home. It felt strange to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Apr 18, 2020
A Covid-19 Creation Birds & Bare Branches Looking out the window we saw birds dancing over bare branches and our conversation turned to Brian’s grandpa and his love for birds and flowers. As a child, Brian explored his grandpa’s backyard garden with wonder....
by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 29, 2020
Face Masks & Friends: Surviving The Coronavirus Outbreak “We need to buy face masks, right away.” Brian said, “And rubbing alcohol to wipe down everything we bring into the house, if stores aren’t already sold out.” Brian had been reading the news,...
