16 Feb Chapter 1
A week before my 38th birthday, I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a bus. The only thing that got me out of bed was having to run to the loo to throw up. My thoughts were “get up, you’ll be fine. ...
Growth Shift
04 Jan Beach joy
It was the perfect beach afternoon. There was a cool breeze coming off the cold sea, mixed with the warm winds from the sand and mountains behind us. The beach was packed with people playing ball games and chatting happily with family and friends. There...
15 Jul The empty cup
Gosh, there is just so much heaviness around us at the moment, in the world and in our beautiful country. This inevitably spills over into our homes and it’s often the moms who feel this pressure the most. So, this post is a bit of encouragement for...
02 Feb Be a beginner
Last week my son started reading. Actual words. I had one of those mom moments when I thought ‘how can we be here already?!’ as I listened to them learning the words with their teacher on the online Zoom class. We then had to practice...
12 Jan Same, same but different
Have you gone through something you’ve gone through before, but it’s different somehow? Like when you order your favourite pizza toppings in a different restaurant and although the ingredients are exactly the same, it’s just not the same? Or when you arrive at your regular...
05 Jan Yes to this, no to that
As I’ve done for the past few years, I’ve spent the past few weeks praying and thinking about my word of the year for 2021. Having a word for the year provides a central ‘theme’, an intention to go back to over and over again...
29 Dec Looking back
The last few days of 2020. We finally made it! What a year it has been. Many of us probably started the year with goals and intentions, plans and dreams which may not all have turned out how we had in mind. Holiday plans were...
09 Sep The Unseen
Every time I spend time in the bush, I’m reminded of the same thing - there is so much that is unseen. We drive slowly along unpaved roads for hours, off the unbeaten track, to catch a glimpse of one of the big five, a shy...
21 Apr The F-word
Fear. Noun. An unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined. Fear. Verb. To be afraid of someone or something as likely to be dangerous, painful or harmful. I’m a worrier and get anxious about things when I cannot control them, so I plan...
21 Feb The thief of everything
The mom of three on the other side of the pool, who speaks once and her kids listen. The girl on the other side of the boardroom table who presents her opinion with confidence. The lady at the front of the Barre class who looks...