Enjoy Your Young Children!
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...
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Sep 4, 20111 min read
Mind the Present
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...
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Aug 19, 20112 min read
The Samboga River
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...
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Jul 11, 20111 min read
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
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...
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Jun 29, 20112 min read
It Was Never Meant to be Easy!
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...
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Jun 11, 20112 min read
The Bare Bough
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...
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Jun 11, 20112 min read
Infobesity
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...
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Jun 1, 20111 min read
The Three Ugly Sisters
Yesterday Chris mentioned that he heard a farmer speaking about his farm at a farming conference. He told his listeners, “When things go...
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May 31, 20112 min read
Lesson From the Olive Tree
Yesterday I heard a message from Ps. Alun Davies of Australia which really inspired me. God commands the Israelites, “When you are...
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May 11, 20111 min read
A Safe Refuge
It’s hunting season again and the guns have been going off around our countryside. 🙁 But yesterday two very noisy visitors came and...
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May 9, 20111 min read
Mother’s Day, Mother’s Night
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...
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Apr 7, 20111 min read
Stouthearted
We have just discovered a wonderful little verse and memorised it together. It’s Psalm 138v3: “When I called, you answered me: You made...
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Apr 2, 20111 min read
Thank God for Books
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...
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Mar 22, 20111 min read
Wisdom – Asking the Right Questions
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...
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Mar 20, 20111 min read
Christchurch Earthquake
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....
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Feb 1, 20111 min read
Cyclone Wilma
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...
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Dec 22, 20101 min read
Christmas Blessings
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...
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Dec 3, 20101 min read
What’s the Message?
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...
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Dec 2, 20101 min read
Serving Others
I’ve been reading some quotes of Albert Schweitzer, a Christian humanitarian whose passion it was to serve others. He founded the Albert...
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Nov 19, 20101 min read
Milford Track
Yesterday morning my husband Chris set off for the South Island with our two youngest sons Samuel and Jacob. They had been planning the...
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