Pebbles Playgroup Friday mornings are always lively at The Rock Building. From about 8.30am, the dedicated Pebbles team begin setting out toys and activities. From about 9.30am begins the steady stream of moms with babies and toddlers. For the next couple of hours, a...
Last night a friend came for dinner as she does most Wednesdays. As we were clearing away the last of the dishes, I saw a car’s headlights slow almost to a halt at my gate and then drive off. A few minutes later the headlights came from the opposite direction and...
Last weekend some friends, my kids and I went down to my moms’ place on the south coast. We had fabulous weather, lots of laughs and some cool adventures. Many of the laughs we had were situation jokes: little things that happened or were said over the weekend. One...
A couple of months ago I stumbled upon a little abandoned blue book. It had an ancient scuffed cover and a faded gold embossed title on its spine reading Oxford Songs of Praise. Being a lover of language I lapped up the beautiful old English and the richness of the...
I always end my day in the same way. And it is always a highlight. I go to the beds of my sleeping children, make sure they are warm enough, snuggle my face into their sleeping necks, breath in the beautiful scent of them, kiss their soft cheeks and whisper goodnight....
By way of life and culture, the act of celebration is reserved only for the most important of occasions: birthdays, weddings, great achievements. Often everyday life is more of a struggle than a celebration. And yet every now and then, we’re taken a little by...
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