Today November starts and we begin the crazy slide towards Christmas and the end of the year. I am already feeling a need to slow down, here in the second last month of the year. So I thought I'd start a series focused on finding peace in the midst, and for me, peace is found … Continue reading Guarded by peace
As another day dawns way too early with bouncy kids and too little sleep. You’re doing just fine mumma. As another day brings fresh tantrums, hurt hearts and broken relationships. You’re doing just fine mumma. As another day begins with finding lost shoes, brushing hair, and making lunches. You’re doing just fine … Continue reading You’re doing just fine mumma
You hold it in the palm of your hand It is small enough to fit in your pocket Yet it controls your life You answer every beep, flash and buzz With Pavlovian single-mindedness You know it’s not good for you You find yourself scattered and disconnected You are continually distracted and unable to focus … Continue reading Prayer for the phone addicted
I have been feeling the gap of late. The gap between who I am, and who I want to be. The gap between what I know and what I need to know. There is a steep learning curve and I am right at the bottom of it. I am in a season of stretch. I … Continue reading What I lack
In praise of this ordinary day. This day where you stumble bleary-eyed into the shower. This day where you make lunches and defuse arguments before breakfast. And like every other day, somehow manage to get the kids to school on time. This day where you hang washing, and run errands, and mop floors, and … Continue reading In praise of this ordinary day
As you sit, pen in hand, the blank page of promise before you. May inspiration arise within. May words flow strong and true, dripping from your pen like dewdrops. May you shake off the doubts, and comparisons that assail from all sides. Discarding them like an unwanted coat. May you … Continue reading Prayer for the Writer