October 23, 2012 Family Stuff, Writing Christianity, despair, dreams, family, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, life, pressure, waiting

Hope!

My 5 yo was invited to a party the other day. Her little friend came up, tossed an invitation at her chest and declared, “You’re coming to my party!” Then she skipped off. At the time I laughed, but for some reason, that little exchange tickled something inside of me. I made sure my kiddo […]

October 13, 2012 Writing adverbs, creating, creativity, dreams, fiction, goals, hope, manuscript, novel, progress, publishing, waiting, words, work

There’s an elephant in the room

This past week I revisited the first three chapters of my first novel for the sake of querying just for fun. I’ve been around the block with this one, each time they were requested, those three chapters would dust themselves off and play ambassador for the chapters waiting in the wings, hoping for their turn. […]

June 12, 2012 Odd bits & pieces, Travel, Writing goals, God, hope, humour, inspiration, life, manuscript, productivity, publishing, vision, waiting

Walking on aeroplane wings and other preposterous ideas

So I’m in an aeroplane. We are thousands of feet above mother earth. I look out the window and read this little gem printed on the wing… ‘Do not walk outside this area’ Oh really? Why ever not? I’m so glad they put that out there, because you know – I was just about to head out […]

April 13, 2012December 13, 2023 Family Stuff, Odd bits & pieces, Prophetic words Christianity, despair, family, God, hope, inspiration, kids, life, pressure, waiting

Bubbles and Rock

When things get tough, do you ever eyeball yourself firmly in the mirror and give yourself a pep talk? I know I do. I just make sure nobody is watching first. I’ve come to realize though, that my motivational eyeballings – even the very best ones, are a little bit like wrapping myself in a bubble. […]

March 30, 2012 Family Stuff, Writing books, creativity, deadlines, despair, dreams, family, fiction, focus, freedom, fruitfulness, God, hope, humour, novel, priorities, productivity, progress, waiting, words, work

Creature of the Night

I’ve always been an owl not a fowl, but with my kids on holiday – my nocturnal tendencies are getting out of hand. My days are filled with wipe this, feed that, mop this, carry that, tidy this, cook that, find this, pick up that, pick up that again, all to the tune of non-stop […]

March 16, 2012 Writing books, creativity, deadlines, dreams, fiction, goals, God, hope, manuscript, novel, work

Indulgence…

It is 10:13pm, Friday night. Today started at 5am and marched on at the relentless pace of an army on the trail of the enemy. I’m tired and cranky and feeling somewhat out of sorts. So I’m going to indulge. Is that the sound of taps and bubble bath… I hear you ask… HECK NO! […]

March 13, 2012 Prophetic words, Writing Christianity, creating, creativity, desire, dreams, focus, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, joy, life, waiting, words

Goosies and salty tears

My heart has a way of recognising truth long before my mind catches up. When truth hits home inside of me, two things happen – I get goosebumps all down my arms and I find myself blubbing like a baby. Without fail. Every time. As a writer, I get excited when I go goosies. Simply […]

February 27, 2012 Odd bits & pieces, Writing family, focus, goals, hope, kids, longing, pressure, priorities, productivity, sick kid, waiting

The one that got away

I had a plan for today. I really did. It was rather good too. It involved getting kidlets off to school, then a solid hour writing stint on my project 2, some choreography for dance group tonight and quietly wrapping my brain around cutting our music for the dance we’re working on. After that was off […]

February 25, 2012 Odd bits & pieces, Prophetic words Christianity, despair, dreams, freedom, fruitfulness, gardening, God, hope, inspiration, productivity, progress, vision, waiting

Your winter is over

Today’s post is a little unusual, so bear with me. If you get to a point that you feel it’s not for you, you are most welcome to go make some tea and carry on with your life, or move on to the next blog. I won’t be offended in the slightest. Promise. In the December holidays, […]

February 18, 2012 Odd bits & pieces character, despair, family, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, kids, surfers marathon, teenager, waiting, words, Writing

Don’t throw rocks into valleys

Today was one of those icky days that I’d rather not repeat. Ever. I lost my kid. Mercifully, I got her back – but this is what happened. My 13yo (you can see her hands in the pic above) was keen to do the Surfers Challenge with two of her friends. Unlike the name suggests, it’s a […]

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