Reflections and Musings

  • Staying Sane during the Growing-up Years

    Staying Sane during the Growing-up Years

    As I prepared for my daughter’s 13th party last month, I smiled as I saw glimpses of a girl who is growing up fast becoming more independant as the days go by, and then in the same breath I see the little girl wanting balloons, fairy lights and lollies.  It is at this stage that… Read more

  • Boom! I have a Teenager

    Boom! I have a Teenager

    Sitting in the quietness the other evening, the realisation hit me…in a handful of days we will officially have a teenager in the house – not just a teenager, but a daughter teenager.  Wait…what?? (In the eloquent words of my middle son…) How? When? Was I asleep for the last decade?  How time has flown,… Read more

  • My Yoke is Easy

    My Yoke is Easy

    In one of my classes last week we were talking about the rest and peace that Jesus offers, and that He asks us to take a weekly rest, to recharge and restore our souls and reconnect relationships.  Way back in the Garden of Eden, sin broke our relationship with God, and a Sabbath rest is… Read more

  • Following the Recipe

    Following the Recipe

    I have volunteered to test out recipes for a friend, and finding the whole experience pretty fun.  This is for the nearly-ready-for-publishing 7th Revive cookbook.  I am using ingredients I haven’t used a lot before, and I am thoroughly enjoying the change and challenge.  The recipes are vegan, beautiful and fresh, and most importantly, wholesome.  In… Read more

  • Finishing the Race – Bobsled style

    Finishing the Race – Bobsled style

    In a bid to educate our kids to the wonders of movies from the 80’s and 90’s, we just introduced to them a favourite movie of ours…Cool Runnings.  It was a success, they loved it, and we loved watching it again!  It is a heart warming movie about a team from Jamaica who strive to… Read more

  • Balancing the Busy-ness

    Balancing the Busy-ness

    I found this piece I wrote 8 years ago.  Back then I had a 5 year old, 3.5yr old and 21 month old.  I smile and chuckle as I read this, remembering the busy-ness of having 3 children under 5.  I think now how it is still very busy, but a different busy.  Now I… Read more