Sixty years!
A few weeks ago my twin sister Penny and I celebrated our sixtieth birthday! We had a fabulous evening of celebration and thanksgiving,...
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Rosie's Blog
- Jul 27, 2016
- 1 min
Australian Singing Competition
Early in July Chris and I flew over to Sydney with Eliza for the IFAC Australian Singing Competition. Eliza was one ten semi-finalists...
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- Jun 23, 2016
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Letters Tied up with String
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...
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- Jun 10, 2016
- 2 min
Hospital Snippets
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...
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- Jun 9, 2016
- 1 min
My Little Songbird
Just a quick post about my daughter Eliza. She is in the last month of a post grad diploma in opera studies. On Monday night I had the...
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- May 9, 2016
- 1 min
My Two Amazing Mothers
Before all my children (except Katie and Ellie :() arrive for the evening, I want to add a special post about Mother’s Day. Of course I’m...
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- May 5, 2016
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Edible Book Day
A friend sent me this wonderful photo of my book at the Auckland Edible Book Day. I think the lion looks fantastic! I hope he tasted good!!
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- May 5, 2016
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Evening of Content – Loving my Homewood!
With the shorter days and autumn leaves turning beautiful golds and reds, I’m loving anew my Homewood stove. I love seeing the children...
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- May 4, 2016
- 2 min
Katie’s 33 Km Shoeless Walk
I want to tell you about my daughter Katie, and the long walk she’ll be making on Sunday 15th May. As many of you know she has been...
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- Mar 24, 2016
- 1 min
Boom Girls’ News
Eliza recently attended the NZ Opera School in Wanganui and was awarded a $5000 scholarship by Dame Kiri te Kanawa. She has a busy year...
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- Jan 14, 2016
- 1 min
Welcome to 2016
It’s been a while since I wrote anything on my website I’m afraid…life has been full and busy, with all the family home for the summer,...
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- Jan 14, 2016
- 4 min
Some Thoughts on Grief
First time in the water – she floats! Just before Christmas Chris and I bought a beautiful Acorn sailing dinghy, with the intention of...
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- Aug 5, 2015
- 1 min
My Heart Overflows now available!
I’m thrilled to announce that my latest book, My Heart Overflows, is now available on my online store. It contains 366 daily devotional...
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- Aug 5, 2015
- 1 min
The Gold of Dawn
A snippet from Pastor Don’s message on Sunday: Time is our most valuable commodity. (Amen to that!!) An older man gave this perspective...
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- Jul 11, 2015
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Christchurch Visit
Ellie and I are currently in Christchurch where she’s been competing in the vocal competitions. She is one of the finalists in the Dame...
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- May 19, 2015
- 3 min
My Heart Overflows
An exciting morning for me! The two advance copies of my new book, My Heart Overflows, arrived in the post! The others are en route to...
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- Apr 21, 2015
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Update on The Barn
For those of you who have enjoyed The Barn Chronicles I thought I’d do a wee update on the barn. Ever since we moved out of it we’ve had...
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- Apr 20, 2015
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China Adventure
Thought I should post some pics of my amazing time in China. It was a very busy time – we hit the ground running and had visited four...
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- Mar 7, 2015
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Life has a Middle Name – Change
2015 is well under way and all sorts of changes have happened in the Boom family. The one I’m still shaking my head about in disbelief is...
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- Mar 3, 2015
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Off to China
In less than two weeks I’m heading with a friend to go to China for a fortnight. We’re going to be talking with lots of mums to encourage...
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