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Nov 18

Love Thy Neighbour

For the first five years of our married life, my husband and I pretty much ignored our neighbours. We knew the names of the elderly couple over the back because their ivy spilled over into our yard and occasionally Leigh climbed a ladder and hacked it back. But other than... read more →
  • November 18, 2016
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  • About Me, Thinking About Life
Nov 12

Keep on chatting!

In 1975, a man named Brian penned a letter to his sweetheart Margaret, asking for her hand in marriage. He was living in Papua New Guinea and she in Australia. They had met ten months prior, and only once since, but they’d sent each other cassette tapes full of news... read more →
  • November 12, 2016
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  • Thinking About Life
Nov 06

Everyone’s a ten!

One of the jobs I had as a teenager was in a service station. It was the worst job of my life because the manager of the servo was a very mean lady who seemed to enjoy making me feel small. I was not allowed to do any of the... read more →
  • November 6, 2016
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  • Leadership, Life Skills, Thinking About Life
Nov 01

Wonderful Things

One of the upsides of Facebook is that I am now aware of how many wonderful events that are going on in my city- so many things to attend! Retreats, conferences, worship nights, concerts, bands gigging in funky little basements, movies under stars, guest speakers at churches I want to... read more →
  • November 1, 2016
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  • Thinking About Life
Oct 23

Keep Your Hands to Yourself

I was doing a puzzle with my five-year-old Amelia before her Pre Primary class started. Another child had plopped down beside her and made a game of snatching the puzzle pieces from her hand. She looked at me and sighed. I asked the boy to please stop. He’d been getting... read more →
  • October 23, 2016
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  • Parenting is Haaaaard
Oct 10

With My Head in the Clouds

I’m standing in the kitchen daydreaming when I hear the cordless drill going off in the other room. Hang on… Leigh is at work so it has to be one of the kids. I go into the lounge. Nic, my nine year old daughter is putting together the chair I... read more →
  • October 10, 2016
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