Monday, November 17, 2025

Life Lessons

lessons we learn in like

If you ever see a turd in a stormwater drain you can know that firstly, someone has hooked a sewer pipe into the wrong...
I love the promise of a New Year. In fact, seeing a New Year in, another Easter, another Birthday and then another Christmas is...
On Friday, Jacob, Phoebe and I flew down to Melbourne so I could attend the Kidspot Voices of 2015 Masterclass. There was a lot to...
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...
In November last year, when my life turned in a different direction to where I thought I was headed, I had no idea how...
If you want to assist young men in need, I'm sharing about Brisbane Youth Service. Men's toiletries donated to BYS will help these young...
On a Thursday morning I head to church to get fed. Not food fed – although there is food and coffee and lunch offered....
Around this time of year I buy a new devotional book. For those that don’t know what a devotional book is, it’s a book...
My parents taught me from an early age to say Thank You. We were taught to say it at all times when something was...
At the start of the year I make resolutions, goals, intentions – whatever you want to call them. Many of them I hit on...
I was sitting in front of a very good friend for breakfast a couple of weeks ago, to talk about life and current circumstances...
It’s been ten years since I've been in Africa. TEN YEARS!  Jacob and I both went in June 2004. I actually can’t believe that it...
Dear Renee, When you told Lauren and I at the beginning of the year that you weren’t going to go to Problogger Conference 2015 I...
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...
Here are 5 ways to be grateful for your home just as it is. It's tempting to want bigger and better but is that...
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...
A couple of weeks ago, I organized to meet up with my grandparents at our local shopping centre. I arrived a little early with...
This year my chosen word was notice. Bron from Maxabella Loves placed the challenge at the beginning of the year to choose a word...
The recent sexual harassment scandal in the Australian Army is not surprising and still shows that we have a long way to go before...
Over 10 years ago, before Jacob and I got married and before we lived together, we decided to go on a mission trip to...
This post has been written in collaboration with Fresh Flowers Have you ever stuffed up on a job? I have plenty of times. Often the...
A couple of years ago my mum shared this Facebook post by Dawn French who posted about Irena Sendler. The woman who used a...