I have recently finished reading the wonderful autobiography of Ruth Park, who grew up in New Zealand during the Depression. It’s...

I started reading a book that Kate had on the table yesterday – Ann Voskamp’s new book, ‘The Broken Way.’ I love the parts that tell...

This wet day has been perfect for me to get things ready for going to Matamata for our HEART weekend! But then I was asked if I had three...

I wrote this as I had a few hours to fill in at Auckland Hospital while Chris had a heart procedure done to try and fix his Atrial...

First time in the water – she floats! Just before Christmas Chris and I bought a beautiful Acorn sailing dinghy, with the intention of...

A snippet from Pastor Don’s message on Sunday: Time is our most valuable commodity. (Amen to that!!) An older man gave this perspective...

Last night my niece has organised a clothes swap. It made me think of a wonderful verse I read a few days ago from Psalm 30:11. I was...

Let me share a thought with you…but first the background story… I hurt my neck the other day at the end of our kiwi fruit picking...

I made a new friend tonight. She’s 95 years old. I paused to talk to her while I was making Mum a cup of tea and ended up talking for...

Today I took Mum out into the lounge and did a little concert for the ladies. I can’t play guitar at the moment because of my sore arm,...

I had my ultrasound scan yesterday. It showed that the tendons are all okay, but there are signs of ligament damage. So I have to wait...

This morning I spent some time reading through the journal that I kept for Samuel from conception onward – it was like being back there,...

For what seems like ages three of our Indian Runner ducks have each been sitting on a clutch of eggs. And now I have 24 of the cutest...

Yesterday afternoon I read some of Robert Brault’s quotes out to Mum and she laughed and laughed at some of them. It was so lovely to...

Okay, three quotes on love today, all by Robert Brault. “Love is not about grand intentions. It is about small attentions.” (How true is...

Yesterday I was looking through some photos of my trip to the States and came across one that I took at my friends’ place in Texas. They...

I’ve just read a beautiful paragraph in an old book by George MacDonald (the writer who inspired C. S Lewis).”I will tell those who will...

For a while now I’ve wanted to write a post and introduce you to a few of my new friends. It’s been four months since Mum was admitted to...

I found a box in Mum’s room the other day full of little notes from Dad. We’ve been looking through them together. Some of them made me...