Jaci Mun-Gavin
Faith Trumps Hope
“If they don’t let us go home tomorrow, I’m seriously gonna scream!” Kiara is grinning as she says it, but it’s a true word spoken in...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 23, 20194 min read
Loving Today’s Person
I always seem to write while watching children sleep. Today, Ty is cuddled with me in the hospital armchair and Kiara is sleeping in her...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 22, 20193 min read
Disappointment & Scratchiness
We smile and nod and don’t breathe a word to sway the doctor’s opinion as he ‘Um’s’ and ‘Ah’s’ over whether to release Kiara today. We...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 21, 20193 min read
Good News!
While Richard is watching Kiara sleep this afternoon, I am lying on our bedroom carpet tickling my six-year-old’s back. He told granny...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 20, 20194 min read
God Made Visible
I always wanted to find a man who would walk five hundred miles and five hundred more because he wanted to be the man who walked five...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 19, 20194 min read
When Being a Successful Christian Means Failing as a Parent
I let my daughter go. I let her go day after day. Right from the first time they wheeled her into surgery, I turned around and walked out...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 17, 20194 min read
Freedom through Surrender
A shepherd should pay close attention to the faces of his flock And hold close to his heart the condition of those he cares for....
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 16, 20193 min read
Holding Me, Holding You
When we were kids we used to have this clever way of holding hands to make a swing to carry each other around. We’d link arms in some...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 15, 20193 min read
Tender Love
Richard and I had our first argument five days after the accident. We had already agreed on so much in those first few days: whether we...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 14, 20193 min read
Shoes on Earth
“Mommy, when can I wear my pointe shoes? I dreamt about them last night.” Kiara greets me this morning with her dreams of the future...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 12, 20191 min read
Fun-Gavin Christmas!
Five days before the accident, our family was gifted a photo shoot. We had been wanting to have one for years, but you know how it goes -...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 11, 20193 min read
Favour in the Waiting
Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas?! One more sleep and counting! (I can’t help smiling as I’m writing this. Christmas never gets old,...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 10, 20192 min read
He Wept
On 24 December at 23:50, while Kiara was in theatre, my sister, Deb, sent me this message: This sickness will not end in death. It will...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 9, 20192 min read
Making Room For Miracles
Medicine and miracles have danced a duet for centuries, taking turns at having the lead. Stories of miracles and those needing miracles...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Tell the President!
“Kiara, you’re the leading news story on News24 this morning. People are amazed at what God has done for you. Even the president might...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Passing Ships
January waits for no woman! Time is flying, days are busy, I’m trying to keep up. Holidays are over - the boys have cricket trials... do...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 6, 20193 min read
From Daddy Today
Today is Sunday. I’m a pastor. And I love Sunday’s. I love Sunday’s because it’s the day when we all get together. And they’re always...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 5, 20193 min read
Joy in Place of Mourning
The sound of princess laughter has filled the ICU, drowning out the sighs. Kiara’s friends have brought a simple playdough game and they...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 4, 20193 min read
Five Hundred Miles
The song going around and around in my brain is “I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more, just to be the *mom*...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
Jan 3, 20193 min read
Awake to the Fight
This morning I am awoken by the sound of my own sobbing. I dreamed they took my baby girl away. I wake fighting. I am traumatised, not by...
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