From the Mouths of Little TCKs + Two-Ingredient Pancakes {The Grove: Children}
I was hesitant to sign up for this week because my kids are young (9, 7, and 4) and I didn't know what they could bring to the...
Category: Stories
A TCK’s Battle with the Question “Why?”
When I (Danielle Wheeler) asked my daughter if she'd like to write a post for children at Velvet Ashes, her eyes lit up. I knew it would be an...
A Virtual Scrapbook of Grace {The Grove: Treasured Up}
Thank you so much to those who have already given to our year-end campaign! We are excited to report we have raised $12,197.00 so far! Make sure you head over...
Do It Scared
As a little girl on a Nebraska farm, I was terrified at night of deer. I’m not joking. This was the beginning of a life marked by...
There is One
“So, basically you take off anything that is not part of your body.” Um. Let’s just say that I was not anywhere near ready for the words that came...
Feeling for Stones
We stood there on the bank of what back in Tennessee would have been called a creek, but here in southwest China was a river. The woman beside me, an...
No Strangers to Death
It’s 5:30am and I know I still have a good hour before the sun comes up. Despite the cobblestone roads, the holes on the paved ones, and random rocks left...
Send Them Away
I love a good rainstorm. With the right amount of rain, new life springs forth, washing away the old and ushering in the new. And today, we had a rainstorm....
Responsible, Ethical Storytelling
In 2013, I took a journey into Masailand, Kenya, where I camped out for about 6 weeks. I was fresh out of graduate school classes, so I carried a load...
The True Myths That Keep Me Coming Back to God
The word myth often conjures up the idea of epic fantasy tales or of commonly held beliefs that need debunking. In fact, the Oxford Dictionary defines myth as both “a...
