by Kayla Norris | May 26, 2018 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University
“We can’t have unqualified teachers in the classroom—what’s the point of all the work we’re doing?” My college classmates had a point. New Zealand was shifting laws on charter schools, and one debate was whether or not teachers should be qualified. I’d gone...
by Kayla Norris | Feb 5, 2017 | Missionary Kids, University
I think everyone who has moved countries remembers the first time they arrived. You just can’t help it. There’s something about “firsts” that stick in your memory– the thoughts, the smells, the feelings, the sights. You protect the memory with a mysterious jealousy,...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 30, 2016 | High School, Loving Jesus, Relationships, The Creative Heart, University, YWAM DTS
I choked back on sobs, as the dark blue 1952 edition of Pride and Prejudice curled back instantly into the flames, along with at least seven other romance novels. I couldn’t see through the tears, as my rom-coms and 19th century dramas melted into glowing coals. Deep,...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 16, 2016 | Missionary Kids, University
“Do you know, I’m beginning to feel a little bit like a stranger in Avonlea now? It makes me sorry – but it’s true. It’s quite appalling to see the number of children who have shot up into big boys and girls – really young men and women– these...
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 | May 13, 2015 | Community, University
I hold the black square cap, tassel swaying every time I shift my weight. Not impatient, though to a casual observer, a long line of black-and-turquoise-robed graduates waiting for their ceremony to begin would be a veritable pool of impatience. It’s been three...
