Not Anonymous
A blank line where a mother’s name should have been. A blank line where a father’s name should have been. And yet, on her birth certificate, one word was already written: Promise.
The Story of Promise
She had no inheritance, no status, nothing to offer but her own quiet existence. This is what Promise’s story teaches us about grace that isn’t earned.
Her Name Is Written Somewhere Better
Yesterday morning, Madel was paging through our baby files in my office when she stopped at a birth certificate and said it was the weirdest one she had ever seen. The surname was spelt wrong. Where the parents’ names should have been, there was nothing. I started crying. Last night I sat with that blank space and a prayer for our little warrior princess.
More Than a Parking Spot: The Quiet Wonder of Grace
A parking spot feels like grace until you spend your days caring for vulnerable babies. Then you learn that grace is something far bigger, deeper, and more beautiful. Suliztha van der Walt reflects on what it means to stand empty-handed before God, and to watch Him fill those hands again and again.
El Roi – The God Who Sees: What Hagar Teaches Us About Babies Left Behind
El Roi. The God who sees. It is the name Hagar gave to God in the wilderness when she believed she and her child were utterly alone. It is the name that anchors everything we do at Daybreak House.
Alabaster Box Gallery: Using Art to Support Vulnerable Children
A registered non-profit using art to raise funds for vulnerable children. An artist who believes creativity is a calling. And a two-thousand-year-old story about a woman who poured out something costly because she understood what it was for. Here is why Alabaster Box Gallery matters to Daybreak House.
The Confessions of a Naïve World-Changer
When Suliztha started this non-profit, she thought changing the world would be straightforward. A few years later, she knows better. In this honest and moving post she shares the real cost of running an NPC, the endless asking, the impossible decisions, the dark things she has witnessed, and the God she found on her knees in the middle of all of it. A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered what it really takes to show up for the vulnerable every single day.
What We Mean When We Say “Home”
A home is not a building. It is a way of being held. Here is why that distinction shapes everything we do at Daybreak.