Sometimes I think I'm a walking advertisement for spec savers. For all the wrong reasons that is! I have cheered on the wrong child in a race. And when I exit the school hall after an assembly I wave to, well everyone, in the hope that my boys think I'm waving at them... I look, but don't… Continue reading Looking but not seeing

"Me: What could go wrong? Anxiety: I'm glad you asked." I had a little chuckle at this quote. I'm sure Anxiety had a lengthy answer! But in all seriousness it's true. Everyday most of us fight anxiety everyday at some level. We fight its lists of no hope, worse case scenarios. Quickly we can be hit… Continue reading Fear Not!

Most of the world it seemed, stopped to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. A wedding filled with so many beautiful and poignant moments. Pomp and Pagentry. Royalty and stars. But who can forget the impassioned sermon delivered by Bishop Michael Curry on the redemptive power of love. "Imagine a world… Continue reading Follow the way of love

How does one start to write about Mother’s Day? The Day that encapsulates so much. It’s one of those things that brings every single emotion to the table. Every. Emotion. Good and bad. This one day on the calendar brings with it so many different experiences, so many different reactions. I can think to only… Continue reading El Roi – The God who sees

Have you ever stood at the edge of the sea and felt the pull of the tide at your feet? Felt the shifting sand beneath you, pulling you into the rhythm of the waves? Threatening to pull you under? The wind picks up and surf seems angrier and fiercer. Sandcastles easily crumble and disappear. It's… Continue reading Tides

Easter is a great time for traditions. The eating of hot cross buns on Good Friday, telling the story of Easter through resurrection eggs. Going to church and yes consuming chocolate eggs. It's a time as a family when there are many conversations about Jesus and how He died for us. Conversations of Heaven, of faith.… Continue reading Threads of Faith

Glancing through a children's book on Easter, was a page that said "Jesus had to know betrayal , fear, loneliness, hurt, all the painful feelings that people experience, so that in the future, His Spirit could be with us, comforting us in our fear, loneliness and pain. That is why we call the day of his… Continue reading God’s got this

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." (Philippians 4:8) Turn away your thoughts of melancholy, of worry, of fear. Think of the lovely, the excellent, the beautiful. The joy.