A New Year – 2022

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of another year. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were relieved to see the end of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic threw the whole world into a spin and we saw things that we could never have predicted: closed borders, local and national …

Celebrating A Quiet Easter

2020 will go down as the year we stayed home. After a rocky start to the year with bushfires and then floods, staying at home and social distancing are becoming the way we live life. We are becoming accustomed to working, studying and doing business online. We keep in touch with family and friends via …

Bec Turns 21

We have just celebrated Bec's 21st birthday. It feels a little strange to have both children over the age of 21. I don't know where all the years went. One minute I had two small children and the next they are full grown adults. How did that happen? Twenty-firsts are becoming a thing of the …

Love, Joy and Peace

  It's Christmas. The season of twinkling lights, festive food, Carols by Candlelight and happy families. We've cleaned the house, decorated the tree, wrapped gifts for a never-ending list of family and friends, and slaved in the kitchen. Christmas is that magical time of the year when families get together to celebrate love, joy and …

Christmas by Candlelight

The stores are packed with tinsel, glitter encrusted decorations and a vast array of delicious sweet foodstuffs. Carols reverberate around the shopping centre, while hoards of shoppers hustle and bustle, laden with bags of gift-wrapped surprises. If you venture out at night, the city streets are illuminated with never-ending strings of blinking lights. And if …

Recovering the Christmas Spirit

Just one week ago I would have said, "Four days to Christmas and I'm already over it!" It was hot. The roads and shopping malls were packed and the list of all the things I was supposed to do to ensure everybody had a Merry Christmas was growing by the minute. If this was Christmas, …

Dan Turns 21

Three cakes. That's how you celebrate turning 21 – Dan style. It's a momentous event when your firstborn turns 21. Dan knows when his birthday is. He can't tell me in words but he can find it on the calendar. He has this unique ability to know exactly what day and date it is. Dan's …