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 →
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 →
2373 Sacred Scripture and the Church’s traditional practice see in large families a sign of God’s blessing and the parents’ generosity.163 (Catechism of the Catholic Church) Most people know we are expecting our 8th baby this October. When I found out, shock was an understatement and it’s taking a while for it to truly sink in. I was still very… Read more →
When my second child was around three months old, we traveled to Melbourne for his Godparents Wedding. We were staying in a house that belonged to a lady from the church. It was an older home that had been added onto, obviously to fit their large family. We loved the house with the big back room and added… Read more →
Something that never occurred to me when I lost these babies, is that I was accompanying these babies to heaven. And though it has taken many tears to realise this I feel incredibly blessed to have been chosen for this task. Infact I feel more than that, I feel honoured because I never thought in a million years that I… Read more →
Living like its the last day on earth. Should we live today as if tomorrow may never come? Should we let go of everything as we know it and do what we please, to experience it? Because God forbid if we didn’t experience the next exciting encounter or take a trip to some exotic location in the world! What would… Read more →
Dear Mum sitting next to me, How do we do it? How do you do it? How on earth have I been able to come to this point in my life ? How is it as mothers that we are able to time and time again reach that exhausting, I- have- had -enough, point only to face it again in… Read more →
Autism and CFS under one roof. This time of year always brings me to a pause to stop and reflect. Last month in April, was Autism awareness month. I do my small bit when I can by posting about Autism on my Facebook but sometimes it doesn’t seem enough yet honestly that’s all I can manage. The word Autism has… Read more →
