by Kayla Norris | Nov 1, 2020 | Family, Grief, Kids & Teaching
The shrieking starts. “See you later, darling, love you!” I’m prying a two-year-old off her mother, and she clambers over my shoulder, reaching a desperate little hand towards the door. The parent, apologetic and yet still focused on getting out said door, knows her...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 23, 2018 | Community, Family, Loving Jesus
Turkeys are $80 each here—I’m not exaggerating. Well, that is in New Zealand dollars and according to my Google search, that’s roughly $55 US. Still not great. Despite this, we still manage to throw some pretty legendary Thanksgiving parties with chicken (green bean...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 26, 2016 | Family, Missionary Kids, YWAM DTS
Dear Eager Young YWAMer, I saw your sparkling eyes, when I walked into my DTS classroom holding my one-year-old niece’s hand. I saw your shocked mouth, when that week’s amazing speaker called me out by name and bragged about my Kiwi parents. I saw those hungry...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 13, 2015 | Family, University, YWAM DTS
I don’t know if you ever get in this predicament, but I am finding myself in it a lot lately. I’d say it’s unique to bloggers or writers, but I’m not so sure now. Indeed, it may be a predicament common to all that have turned a bend in the road, to all those who...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 28, 2014 | Community, Family
If you have read my blog posts before, this is going to be completely different. Yes. I will warn you, right off the bat. This is not going to contain gut-wrenching revelations, or passionate conversations with me wrestling through what God is teaching me. If you...
by Kayla Norris | Oct 29, 2014 | Family
So I am doing my normal book-reading for an end-of-year assignment, I stumbled upon Greg Vaughn writing about being a father, and how he’s blessed to have grandchildren, as Proverbs 17:6 goes. Then he made this point: But there’s a second part to Proverbs 17:6:...
