Tag archive: children
The Incarnation, a poem
The Incarnation Let’s talk the “Incarnation” because it is a big word for something easy for me to describe: God the baby. God, who has the power to shape-shift, turned himself from a God into a human. Sort of. It’s… continue reading »
Hospitals, sick babies & a remedy
A few weeks ago I got to visit a children’s hospital in Sulaimaniah. We went to meet Dr. Aso Faiq Salih, the only pediatric cardiologist in Kurdistan, who’s also a dear friend of Preemptive Love Coalition. Dr. Aso’s office was… continue reading »
She’s Always Smiling
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Honya Mahdi, a 15 month-old who had surgery last November. I remember reading about her on the PLC blog months ago, when I was first learning about Preemptive Love Coalition.… continue reading »
Life in Iraq: education
Yesterday afternoon, Claire and I visited Zeba and Amir in their office, two floors below the Preemptive Love office. One of Zeba’s friends was at their shop and we conversed with him about womanhood in Iraq, life in Texas, PLC,… continue reading »
Remedy Mission
I’m going to be in Iraq in three days. I’m not going because I’m trying to make a stand for some abstract cause. I’m not going because I see myself as a 21st century expatriate or a hippie or an… continue reading »