Author: Daphne Knox

Image taken from Reading Rainbow & Giphy Today you will start your first day at a new school. You may be worried about making new friends. You may wonder if people will like you. You may want to be a new or different person. You may be hoping that the mistakes of your past will [...]

Where did you come from little one? Some say Africa from the frankincense and myrrh of Somalia from the dust of the Sahara and miraculous Red Sea of the Sudan from the ancient civilizations and pyramids of Egypt or from the gold and honey of Ethiopia. ...but I say from God. Where did you come [...]

By: Daphne Knox McClain There is a joy in my heart that keeps peace and love from drifting apart that my lips dare not speak. There are delights and wounds from triumphs small and great and injuries left too soon that my soul can never leak. There is comfort from all the pain that shines [...]

This is a special “Thank you!” to all of my readers and “Voice of My Mother” supporters. The mission is to inspire others to achieve their dreams, to promote dialogue in effecting positive change and to spread love throughout the universe. Love to ALL and Happy Independence Day! -Daphne Knox McClain

If not for God, who sends His love to me, I could not inspire those who seek Him. If not for God, who teaches us to be strong, I could not encourage the weak, nor realize it’s wrong to judge and condemn. If not for God, who opens my eyes to see nature’s beauty, I [...]

A burn heals but may leave a scar. A cut is warmed by renewed skin and recovers from journeys deep and far. A broken heart mends but may leave trails of sorrow. Slavery in comparison is spoken of and remembered yet can never be repaired nor casually ignored. Pride often endures wounds untold for years [...]

On the good days, he is strong, wise, and kind. He puts God first as he leads his home. On his best days, he is loving, humorous and intelligent. He remembers his struggles and pays his debts. On the days I love him most, he listens, discusses and explains. He is a man. He is [...]

Eighty-three years ago today, the woman who gave birth to me, raised me and taught me the power of faith in God was born into this world. Almost eight months ago, that same woman left this earth and transitioned from life, as we who remain attempt to understand but cannot in our limited, yet gifted [...]

Today it rained. Yesterday there were cloudy skies. By Tomorrow, neither will matter because love never dies. I shutter to think of the desolate nights and sorrows you left behind. For me, your sister, they were cold and fierce, empty and void. The questions in my heart grew into three embers of light formed by [...]

A brave heart prepares a path for the weak. The soldier does not walk alone nor fear battle in the field. He and she cherish the blood bonds that unselfishly leak. With shoulders broad and some slender, days seem like months that never yield. The soldier presses forward with memories of home flowing through a [...]