by Susan Mathews | May 25, 2020
To the students of the 2019-2020 school year, you may have heard the Westminster Catechism before, which is also the motto of The McCallie School – “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” My firstborn son, Philip, graduated...
by Susan Mathews | Apr 5, 2020
It is definitely that time of year where people smile, bell-ringers grace their red kettles, and well-wishers beam, "Merry Christmas!"I've been thinking about this phrase and the question popped into my head. "Can there be a merry in...
by Susan Mathews | Apr 1, 2020
As I was searching for the final numbers and data collected from the recent mission to Kenya, I could not find any updates on the website. It has been such a busy few weeks since we returned from Kenya, that I did not even blog about it!Thirty-one members made...
by Susan Mathews | Apr 1, 2020
It was on Friday, August 8, 2008 that Santhosh, Philip and I made our way to the Children's Hospital for Philip's simple flap repair. This would be a 45-minute same day surgery, and we would be discharged home later in the afternoon.But in that span of...
by Susan Mathews | Apr 1, 2020
September is Craniofacial Acceptance Month, and I asked Philip what that meant to him. His response was that everyone deserves respect and dignity, no matter what they look like. It isn't easy to walk around with a facial birth defect, with scars on...