Some days I am not very brave. I can admit that. Some days there is nothing more I want to do than to admit defeat and give up. But I can’t. There is always something pushing me to keep going. To get back up again. Don’t give up. Because you have got THIS. Straighten your crown girl!… Read more →
Everything is an effort. Just writing this sentence is an effort. My days are full of moments, that seemly feel impossible to get through. I cannot emphasize enough just how much. Or how devastated I am by this. I am not half the person I wish to be. That was taken away from me… Read more →
A visit from a saint. I was feeling pretty low and rotten. Completely exhausted from looking after a newborn who didn’t want to sleep and a toddler who decided she would throw tantrums every time I picked up the baby. I lay down on my bed and completely crushed. Before falling asleep I said a prayer to St Therese asking her to… Read more →
A while back someone made a comment after I told them, that I was expecting number eight at the time. The comment was ” You really are raising disciples, one baby at a time.” I absolutely loved what he said because I never looked at it from that angle. I just saw myself having the children God blessed me with and it… Read more →
Postnatal depression hovers over me through the days and nights. During the day it’s a black cloud that is forever in front of the sun. At night it’s the dark shadows that wait for me around every corner and every thought. There is rarely any moments of relief. I feel like I have fallen into this giant pit and I… Read more →
Five summers ago I was spending the last day of the year, in the sunshine, while watching the kids in the pool and drinking my favorite wine. The night before I had watched the movie, The Blue Lagoon. While, yes, there was a lot of sun-kissed flesh and golden curls, if you could tear your eyes away from the obviousness… Read more →
If life wasn’t enough of a challenge and if my days weren’t already full of struggles, it is now. It is so hard to come right out and say it because to do so almost feels like admitting defeat. Admitting failure as a mum. a wife and everything else in between. I have Post Natal Depression and Anxiety. There. I… Read more →
Sometimes as a Catholic it truly does feel that you are up against the whole world. While the world stomps louder and waves their fists stronger than ever, we as Catholics, in retrospect, seem to more quietly ( in comparison ) go about our lives trusting it all in our faith and love for our God, accepting the crosses we are… Read more →
Our Miracle It’s been made clear to me over and over again in the last 12 months or more, that I can place my trust in the capable hands of the Saints in Heaven. Too many significant moments have brought much clarity in our lives. Too many times situations in our lives have changed course and desperate circumstances have… Read more →
Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed writing. I was the student in the class that would write the longest stories and then read them out in front of everyone. At home, I had piles of papers filled with stories and poems. Journals full of thoughts and dreams. Writing was my passion. It still is. There is nothing… Read more →
