In all my growing up years, my greatest ambition was to be a mother. Twenty years ago, three minutes into Mother’s Day, I became one. My blood shot eyes stared into those brand new blue ones and time stood still. His father calls him our first masterpiece. He is ours, indeed, but we both know… Continue reading

Always be kinder than you feel. I read this on the back of a friend’s loo door. What an appropriate place to hang such advice – your guests go in to do what is only done in private and come out with a gem like this to throw about in public. These are wise words… Continue reading

These scattered thoughts! How will I ever write anything of substance tonight? Two days ago the sun was beaming down through a clear blue sky and today was all cloud and blustery chill. My internal world has matched the weather in many ways: one moment all sunshine and roses, the next a brooding storm. I… Continue reading

Have you ever thought about how wonderful the very normal days are? The ones where nothing out of the blue happens and the mundane is in your face. Maybe all you have going for you is that your marriage is a happy one and you love your work and your friends. Maybe you just have… Continue reading

“Oh that’s so last year,” were the words I heard coming from a little group behind me when someone mentioned our new son’s name. I didn’t move a muscle, but the colour rose in my cheeks and my heart beat a little faster, a lot sadder. Are we not right on time? Is our son’s… Continue reading

Some people I love recently received news that would shake up anyone’s insides. When I heard the news, it came via a voice note. I heard the facts and my disbelief turned to moments of numbness before my emotions began rising to the surface and spilling over in great, hot tears. The voices of the… Continue reading

There is a silver tint to the sun’s usual golden shine and this morning’s cloak has a cool autumn edge to it. A dove is cooing a regular beat and the intermittent trill of birdsong in the trees builds a light-hearted song in my own heart. A turn in season calls us to pay attention,… Continue reading

Here we have a fine example of sibling support. As you know, I am fumbling and bumbling my way through the early days with a newborn, and I didn’t manage to write a post last week as dramatic, head-bobbing fatigue had set in. I, honestly, thought that my brother had offered to write a post… Continue reading

My midwife tells me that going through labour and birth is like running a marathon – it is that taxing on your whole being. I believe her because I annihilated a bottle of coconut water and several litres of water and fruit juice in the hours after my particular race had been run. Those liquids,… Continue reading

You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it. (Isaiah 45 v 8) What a faithful God we serve. He is mine and I am His and His banner over me… Continue reading