Merry Christmas
Five years ago, next month, our family moved into our first house. Always having had to rent, we were so excited to own our own home. We spent hours cleaning, organising, painting, planting and making it a reflection of us. As any homeowner knows, houses are a lot of work. There is always another project….
We’re entering into another new year and as I reflect on the last one, there are things that I learn about myself. Last year was hard; not my family died and we lost our home and jobs hard, but emotionally hard. Hard on my head, hard on my heart. As I look back, I remember…
Have you ever seen the list of the broken and failing men and woman whom God used? Adam – shifter of blame and succomber to peer pressure Noah – got drunk and slept naked Abraham – let other men have his wife; TWICE Sarah – gave her husband to another woman and then hated her…
Last summer, our family added a beautiful Siberian Husky to our fold. She was supposed to help with fitness and satisfy the children’s lifelong desire for a puppy. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from a dog and we have the next fifteen years or so to keep learning them… sigh. Last…
A few years ago, my mum took my brother and I on a whirlwind trip of Western Europe. We went to Scotland, Holland, Belguim, France and England. It was the trip of a lifetime and we enjoyed discovering many new cultures. When my grandfather was in WWII, he served in Holland and his Regiment was…