There’s been a blog post on my heart for you, for the past few days. And today the time is finally right to put it into words. I wonder if you can imagine my surprise when I saw just now that it’s exactly one month – to the day – Read more…
Cast your mind back to the last time you relaxed into the seat of a swing, hung on for dear life, and then kicked your legs in that deliberate rhythm until you felt yourself lift into the air. Forward, and back. Forward, and back. Can you feel the wind – Read more…
Hope is soaked in rainbows. They bring delightful stories of leprechauns and gold, of chasing adventure and of bravehearted souls. And they carry the story of Noah and his family, whom God graced with seeing the very first rainbow. For him it was a promise of the joy that follows Read more…
Recently, as we gathered with family, conversation took a natural turn toward recollections of childhood antics. Between stifled giggles and story upon story, I sat transfixed. Thoroughly absorbed in the memories unfolding. One thought would lead to another, which in turn would lead to another. Each family member would have Read more…
Have you ever thought about the fact that sometimes it takes a tremendous amount of strength to rest? Sometimes it takes a lion’s strength to say ‘no’ to your never-ending to-do list. It takes strength to set time aside in an already-busy schedule. It takes strength to pare your calendar Read more…
I quietly love rainy days. I love hearing the music of the rain pattering persistently on the roof, drumming to its own beat. I love seeing the shapes and colours of the clouds as they roll in, occasionally with the odd clear patch of skies between. I also love being Read more…
Life just keeps on going, doesn’t it? This week it’s like a wave of tiredness has crashed into me and my family. You know, the kind of fatigue that is almost palpable and seems so heavy to carry. Exhaustion that so easily results in words grumpily spoken, heightened feelings erupting Read more…
I’ve been putting it off for a few weeks now. Dealing with my garage, I mean. We are blessed to have an internal access garage here, and one side of it is meant to house our family car. I say meant to, because it’s probably been six months since our Read more…
I love op shopping. It’s like a treasure trove: you never quite know what you’ll find, or what each store holds, unless you walk in and experience it for yourself. I’ve mentioned before that I love finding ways to add beauty to my home. It turns out that op shops Read more…
When I sit down to write, this is what I see. Well, this is really just a small snapshot of one angle of my view… but you get the idea. I love the vibrant golden-orange of our grapefruit tree (which, unfortunately, fruits right where you see it here… in line Read more…