Sometimes it is hard to create magic at Christmas time – especially considering our Christmas trees are lined up outside the local fruit and veg shop instead of a snowy field. I’ve [...]
Remember when you had a newborn and you found it hard to imagine that little bundle as a moving, giggling, wriggling, social little creature? You were so stuck in the awe of new parenthood that [...]
…at Mama and Grandad’s house. We pulled leaves from the grapevine and splashed water everywhere… …chased chickens and collected their eggs; we picked peas and ate them, [...]
Snapshot taken this afternoon after one-year-old immunisations. He screamed, yes, there were tears, yes and then he clapped his hands and waved goodbye which had the nurse ooohhing and aaahing [...]
We had such a wonderful day celebrating Che’s first year. He was oh so happy and playful, laughing and giggling and dancing away. And yes I look at him now and see a one-year-old. He pulls [...]
I gave this card to Daniel on his birthday two years ago. I hadn’t known him long but at that stage we both knew we were going to be together for life. A few months later we conceived Ché [...]
Today I am grateful for sunshine on my back, lazy afternoons near the water’s edge, eating sand and coffee at sunset. Yes…it has been a very very good day.
Is it possible to be grateful for the nature strip? That bit of grass between someone’s house and the street? Yes, I think it is. And today I am bursting with gratitude. Because my lovely [...]
Many yogis follow the spiritual teachings of a guru. Many gurus honour and respect the presence of the teachers that have come before themselves. Our first teacher is our Mother. Our second [...]
In some moments of some days, and sometimes for an entire day I can feel weary. Tired. The kind of tiredness that needs chocolate and coffee. Today is one of those days and unfortunately the [...]
Apparently I looked like Jemima from Play School in my dress. Che loved his vintage cord waistcoat and told me he’d like to wear it every second day until it fits him no more. I said that [...]
