Conversations with Prayer
She kneels at his bedside table. Head bent low and hands clasped. Silence kneels beside her, in constant vigil. The unknowing beckons and calls. The dark, ghost like fingers of doubt extend to her, calling her, drawing out her name in the dead of night. He lays motionless. His chest barely moving as he takes…
Read MoreA Welcome Relief ~ Why I Write
May started with the expectation that calm and a sense of ease would flow into my days. I was craving the crazy pace of the year to slow down, moving instead in a rhythm that was unhurried and free from anxiety and deadline. This did not happen. If anything May has been the craziest month…
Read MoreOn A Mission
The number of Australians opting for missionary and volunteer work is on the increase. Since 1951, Australian Volunteers International, our first international volunteer agency, has found places for more than 10,000 people globally. Says Professor Matthew Clarke, head of humanities and social sciences at Deakin University, “While we’ve had a long history of missionary work…
Read MoreA Quick Fix
For one reason or another, it seems that a day cannot pass when I don’t need a quick fix. A Berroca in the morning. A quick two minutes on the couch playing Frozen. An afternoon espresso. Small pockets of escape that help me get through my day. My obsession with coffee is no secret, yet…
Read MoreHow to choose the best nanny for your family
On the last day our nanny was with us, it felt like I was standing on the steps of Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane staring up into the sky, the hint of chimney smoke in the air, watching her go. My boys held onto me, their little arms twisted around my legs, each of us…
Read MoreThe Monster in my Closet
For ten years I have stared at the same white door. Every morning when I wake up and every night before I sleep, the white door to my closet mocking and tormenting me. Ten years ago we moved into this house. Bringing with us, boxes and storage containers packed to the brim with our lives…
Read MoreEight things every parent needs to know about tantrums
Catatonic with sleep deprivation, I stared at my then two-year-old as he lay sprawled in the middle of the food court at our local shopping centre, throwing the tantrum of all tantrums. At my wit’s end, I simply walked away. It was early morning, so the shopping centre was quiet. I sat myself down a…
Read MoreBig Hearted Business 2014
Let the possibility wash over me. Let it sink through my pores and wake up the silence. Before anyone had spoken a word on that grand stage in the Regal Ballroom in Northcote these are the words I had written down. Unlike other conferences I had attended, I had not spent hours antagonising over the…
Read MoreSaying Goodbye to Mary Poppins
I felt like I was standing on the steps of Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane staring up into the sky, the hint of chimney smoke in the air, watching her go. My boys held onto me, with their little arms twisted around my legs, each of us still and silent. We were waving good bye,…
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