Good Friday reminds me a lot of Winter. It’s the deep dark days that you endure before the season of new life. You would certainly describe Jesus’ death 2000 years ago as a time of Winter. His Heavenly Father lost a son His mother had lost a first born His siblings had lost a brother His friends had…
I admit it, I do occasionally watch reality television. There are only a couple of shows that I will like but I find them interesting and amusing. The best part about watching certain TV shows is when my friends are watching at the same time. Due to the wonder of technology I don’t even have…
I’ve recently had quite a bit of length cut off my hair. I wasn’t sure whether my round chubby face could handle it but it’s been so much easier to maintain while parenting a toddler. I had to laugh at myself the first couple of times I washed my hair. I piled up the shampoo…
The other day it was pouring rain outside. The whole family had just arrived home from visiting the shops. We had a four-year-old, a one-year-old and 16 different bags to bring in from the car. My husband and I paused as we watched the rain coming down and spoke out our game plan. I’d grab…
Our family was recently invited to our neighbours for dinner. They hosted an open house where all the young families in our part of the street came over. If you’ve ever been out with a young toddler you will know that sitting back a socialising is not the top priority. You’re constantly watching where they…
A friend of mine recently had surgery on his back. When he attended physiotherapy the next week the physiotherapist noticed that he was walking very awkwardly. She did a quick assessment and then told him two things: Your back is strong There’s no snakes in the grass When my friend questioned her, particularly on number 2,…
This week I heard a story about a delivery truck for a pet store. It was driving down Hoddle Street. And every time it stopped at a red light the delivery truck driver would get out of the front seat, he’d run to the back of the truck and grab a plank of wood. He…
The screen on my phone totally shattered the other day. I have had this phone for quite some time and dropped it on many occasions. But I was foolish to allow my one-year-old to walk around with it. My sister had called and I was chatting to her on speaker phone. My one-year-old was being…