Christmas is when God broke through. He broke through the silence that had lasted centuries. He broke through the impossible, to make a way home for us. The birth of Jesus brought hope to the world. Light where there was none. His birth of Jesus was the fulfilment of God’s promise of a Messiah. Through… Continue reading Christmas

For many feeling “christmassy” begins with the start of annual Christmas traditions. Advent calendars, visits to Santa or seeing Christmas lights. Christmas music and the tree going up and decorated. Favourite foods only experienced at Christmas time. If there is anything that makes me instantly feel in the Christmas spirit, it is belting out the… Continue reading Nostalgia

The other night my eleven year old told me that he loved me. He said after, “my heart just felt like I needed to say it.” Such a lovely spontaneous moment and thing for a mum to hear! It made me think too, that God must love to hear the same. To hear us say… Continue reading My heart needed to say it…

The title of the email was very unlike the rest of the work emails coming in that day - “Speak out your thankfulness.” An opportunity to thank someone in the organisation who has shown you support or you appreciate. The statement stuck with me long after I taken up the chance to thank someone. I… Continue reading Speak out your thankfulness

Keeping the Faith… That’s what Oscar’s speech therapist keeps saying we’ve done. Kept the faith on this speech journey. Because dang it has been heartbreaking and hard. So many days when not one word has been heard. When I’ve heard his little mates with Down syndrome with their clear conversations and steeled my heart not… Continue reading Keeping the faith

He came home from school, absolutely elated. Rushing out the story. He’d been chosen as a class representative , special badge and all. In his words, he’d out his name forward to be considered, “but mum, I never get picked, so didn’t think anything would come of it.” Until his name was called out in… Continue reading Chosen

So many tributes are being expressed and shared, reflections on the impact that Queen Elizabeth II had on the world. Commentaries of her commitment to service, her dedication and the guiding light that she was to so many. Her deep faith and commitment to Jesus apparent through many of these. Her faith was known to… Continue reading In her words

If there is a topic that I’m learning a lot about it’s communication. In particular augmentative and alternative communication. Basically all of the ways that someone communicates besides talking. With my youngest, speech is a challenge for him. So we use a mix of sign language and words to communicate. He also has his own… Continue reading Communication

I see it multiple times a day. Actually most likely even more than that. It’s on my laptop when I sign in, on my backpack, in our reception. And on days I’m at a depot it’s prominently displayed on the containers. Maersk’s logo, the white star. The seven-pointed star has been part of Maersk’s identity… Continue reading The Star

Because God’s writing your story and He never leaves you alone in your story, and His perfect love absorbs all your fear and His perfect grace carries all your burdens, and your story is a happily ever after because Christ bought your happily ever after so you always know how this story ends: Ann Voskamp… Continue reading Encouragement from the past