I’ve just had fun looking through some old videos and photos of the children. It put a real smile on my face and in my heart. To hear...

I read a beautiful quote yesterday from George MacDonald – a reminder for us to not worry about tomorrow. “It has been well said that no...

I’ve just dropped my sister Penny and her husband Dave off at their airport on their way to London. Pen was very excited but a bit...

Sometimes it can seem like our days are overtaken with haste. We hurry here, we hurry there, we attempt to do too many things, and in our...

I’ve just got back from HEART (Home Educators Annual Retreat) where we were shown a great movie clip made by a homeschooling family (Team...

Years ago I saw a photo of a bird singing his little heart out on a bare bough. His song is seen as vapour coming out of his throat on a...

What a weird word! I just read it in the latest Parenting magazine. It’s a new word coined by Susan Maushart to describe the addiction to...

Yesterday Chris mentioned that he heard a farmer speaking about his farm at a farming conference. He told his listeners, “When things go...

Yesterday I heard a message from Ps. Alun Davies of Australia which really inspired me. God commands the Israelites, “When you are...

It’s hunting season again and the guns have been going off around our countryside. 🙁 But yesterday two very noisy visitors came and...

It’s quiet in the house – all the children are tucked up in bed and just Chris and I are awake. I’ve had a beautiful day, starting with...

We have just discovered a wonderful little verse and memorised it together. It’s Psalm 138v3: “When I called, you answered me: You made...

I just read a wonderful quote which inspired me to keep writing! “When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they...

The children and I have started reading through Proverbs again- what a book! It is so full of practical advice on how to live. We read...

It’s taken me a while to get to my computer and write, but oh, how much I’ve been thinking and praying for the people of Christchurch....

Our first storm in the new house. Cyclone Wilma raged around us and the rains came down and we hardly knew it! We had to keep looking out...

I’ve grabbed a few moments to write a short note here and wish anyone who reads this a blessed Christmas. Shortly my niece Hannah will...

I just found a little notebook in my tidying up and discovered some notes I’d jotted down. “Your appearance sends a message. Know what...

I’ve been reading some quotes of Albert Schweitzer, a Christian humanitarian whose passion it was to serve others. He founded the Albert...

Yesterday morning my husband Chris set off for the South Island with our two youngest sons Samuel and Jacob. They had been planning the...