Be Still My S(e)oul! What’s that you said?Really? That’s great!!He can be off to SeoulWAY TO GO!!! Oh wait!It’s too lateHe’s not readyNot yet My badMy faultI didn’t know this year he couldHave a chance to travel with his school group No one told usNo one prepared usHow can this be?My son unfortunately is not … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #183 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

Strength From Within Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance We need respite care for mom againYou need to send our son for extra tuition againThe schedules are filling up fast againWill these demands please spare me once again?! But…no. This thing blocking my peace … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #182 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

Since the start of this year, I’ve increasingly found myself rethinking about the meaning of community. I think it began when I downloaded a Kindle version of David Brooks‘ latest book How To Know A Person: The Art Of Seeing Others Deeply And Being Deeply Seen (2023), in which he mentioned community and someone by … The post One Dad’s Musings About The Power of Community appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

My Son Won’t Talk To Me I know he’s strugglingI’m struggling with him tooThere’s much he’s keeping from meAnd making me real blue It’s hard I know at his ageTo admit he is having troubleI was there once upon a timeLiving inside my own tiny bubble Afraid to speak up For fear of embarrassmentTrying to … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #181 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

The first 19 days of this month have seen many a “first” for me in terms of writing and speaking engagements. 1. Old Blog Posts Repurposed First, ideas from a couple of my old blog posts piqued the interest of an established Christian platform — Our Daily Bread — to the extent they wanted to … The post My Busy Month of Speaking & Writing Engagements appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

The Psalms, King David & HIM! As a frenetic season arrives todayAll huffing and puffing like a grizzly bearI pause and ask where my help comes fromAnd the answer came – My God who cares! King David too knew a thing or twoAbout times of despair and strifeHe wrote many entreaties unto His GodAsking Him … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #180 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

Of late I’m coming to terms with a truism that no doubt many parents of teens like me can’t avoid. Arranging family outings with teens is a lot harder than with younger kids. When my kids were younger (under 12) they would go wherever my wife and I go, with barely any questions asked or … The post Family Outings Can Be Harder With Teens appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

Sway Those jam-and-hop daysSo ingrained in my veinsEven from a mile awaySpeakers boom my body Sways I miss my undergrad nights I cannot lieThose carefree moments I recall, oh how I fly swiftly back when I hear the drums da dum da dumThe synthesizers the guitars the adrenaline on display There was a time I … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #179 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

I recently started teaching a short, informal online course to two friends on the art of structuring and writing a memoir. (These friends are fellow writers I got to know last year when we attended a Creative Non-fiction writing course together) Now in case you start searching online for my course, don’t. Because you won’t … The post How Teaching Writing Helps My Writing & Lets Me Pay It Forward appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more

Thank You Easter! Easter has come and gone againEach time it’s here it stirs withinMy heart a song bursting forthWith no words just a longing strong To bask once more in my Saviour’s embraceAnd know that He loves me and took my placeUpon that old rugged cross where lives are wreckedHe sacrificed His life never … The post My Monday Metrical Musings #178 appeared first on Kelvin's Musings ..read more