I have always believed God places the right people at the right time in your life to counsel you and offer guidance and encouragement when you need it.
And lately, I’ve been having a few chance encounters and friendships that...
I was happy to see the back of last week.
I started last week feeling exhausted after a massive weekend of attending events and reading in disbelief at a war of words between bloggers. And then the girls got sick...
I once gave my Grandma Jones a magnet that said, ‘when the going gets tough, head to grandma's’ and head there I would, when the going got tough.
The going got tough many times during my apprenticeship.
And the times when...
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of dropping a meal to a mum who had had her second baby. I got to talk to this mum about our past and while she may have been blessed with...
September has been my busiest month yet.
The first day of the month had me presenting at the Plumbing conference, which I felt unqualified to speak at. But as the quotes say, you embrace the fear and do it anyway....
Last Friday, I got lost in my thoughts as I pushed the pram and walked Esther to school.
We were running late. Again.
I am now known for my lateness at school because other mums will jibe me with being consistent (because...
It was the early 1990’s and I was over at my Grandma Jones’s house in this exact room.
The blue and green carpeted, purple walled, green ceiling lounge room.
Grandma and I were talking about the year 2000. She had worked out that she...
When I worked as an apprentice, I’d get home from work around 3pm. I’d change into my running gear and would walk 10 minutes to the nearby lake and then run 5 times around the circumference (1 lap is...
Once a month, on a Sunday afternoon, we head out to our 'connect group' as part of our church.
Connect group is a group of families that meet together to hang out, talk about life, pray for each other and...
A couple of weeks ago I was going through the depths of my wardrobe to give it a really good clear out. I’m still hanging onto items that I wore pre-baby and hope (fingers crossed) I will get back...
A couple of weeks ago, I organized to meet up with my grandparents at our local shopping centre. I arrived a little early with Phoebe and Maggie, so I took them to the indoor play area and sat down...
I enjoy shows that deal with revenge. The Count of Monte Cristo, Taken - any movies that involve a mission to rectify a wrong. When I watch these movies, I’ll be sitting at the edge of my seat, chewing...
A couple of years ago my mum shared this Facebook post by Dawn French who posted about Irena Sendler. The woman who used a sewer to rescue Jewish children.
I had never heard of Irena Sendler, but once I read...
If you ever see a turd in a stormwater drain you can know that firstly, someone has hooked a sewer pipe into the wrong drain (ie, rainwater goes into stormwater, turd water into sewer) and it can be difficult...
It takes 4 years to complete an apprenticeship or get a degree (if you study full time), it can also be the pinnacle year of a blogger because usually by the 4th year (sometimes it can come sooner) you...
I want to live undaunted and fearless. I don’t want to second question a person’s reaction to me, I don’t want to fear failure or the consequences of what might be. Undaunted and fearless should be a mantra all...
In my senior year of high school, choosing what word or name I would have typed on the back of my school jersey was oh so nerve-racking. The jersey was going to be worn for the full year at...
The irony of smashing stereotypes when you’re a woman working in a male-dominant industry is you will be stereotyped by your sexual preference and childhood.
One of the first questions I was asked at TAFE by another apprentice was if...
Trigger Warning for those who have experienced child loss.
Early Friday night our home phone rang. When I picked it up it was my brother Andrew apologizing for ruining my big day.
I burst into tears and we both cried on...
It’s a bit of a joke that wherever my mum goes, she and my dad meet famous people. Last year they helped with a conference in Sydney and shared the hotel lift with Justin Bieber and Brooke Fraser (not...
There were four types of tradesmen I encountered when I was an apprentice.
There were the tradesmen that enjoyed my presence onsite and couldn’t wait to tell their wives/girlfriends at dinner about how they worked alongside a female tradie. How...
I find it hard to say no to a lot of the opportunities in my life. The big opportunities that are life changing, I pray about and give some thought to before saying yes. But the little decisions here...
