The wind was a howlin’, blowing a gale. Our Coral Bay holiday was beginning to fail. The sand stung our legs and whipped through the van. We’ll leave a day early, conceded The Man. We agreed to set off next morning, first light. If we drove 14 hours we’d get home that...
My sisters Kath and Liz are both missionaries with Australian Baptist mission agency Global Interaction. Kath, me, Liz and our other sister Jenn are incredibly close. We had a childhood both magical and traumatic so we might be closer than the average family. But I’m...
A friend gave me the cutest little book the other day called Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World. It is a lovely little book with lots of words that resonate with my world right now. Here’s a few! Kummerspeck (noun, m, German)...
Through the 80’s my parents owned and ran a beach resort in Yallingup. I say “resort” because that’s what it was called, but in reality, it was a bunch of simple red brick self-contained units with modest décor and a barbeque area, just a short stroll from the best...
Sienna Update Okay, so I realise that I’m not the first parent to have a child break a bone but, you know, I grew this child myself, so she’s special to me, and when she breaks, it’s a big deal. And lots of people have asked, so I thought I’d...
Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker I adore Texan writer, speaker and podcaster Jen Hatmaker. Funny, intelligent, courageous and grace-filled, I listen to her podcast and follow her on social media. But I had not read her book ‘Of Mess and Moxie’ because I didn’t...
