• What I Learned in April

    April has been a bit of a blur. To stop and reflect on what I’ve learned becomes even more important in months like that. Here is what I’ve learned over the past month: I need to keep using my daily planner to stay on top of everything. I used my planner for a total of 3 days over April and I feel like I’ve dropped the ball on several fronts this month. (If you’re interested in what planner I use, check out this post.) Recovering from getting your wisdom teeth out can be more difficult than you initially anticipate. And then it can all suddenly improve overnight! It also involved…

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  • Thankful Thursday

    I am loving being back in the habit of recording what I am thankful for each week. I have caught myself being on the look out in my days for the little and big things that I may normally overlook. Here is what I am thankful for this week: The imagination and creativity that Lego has brought out in my daughter. She blows me away with what she comes up with. The creation on the left is apparently a chair up in space that has arms that move out from in and can become a diving board. Watching her development and mind work is such a joy! Quality time as…

  • Thankful Thursday

    My brain was obviously more full than I realised as it completely pushed the Thankful Thursday thoughts out of the window. I would be going about my day on a Friday and only then remember Thankful Thursday. And then I had dental surgery and everything went out of the window. I am choosing not to beat myself up over the unintended break and get back into it. Being thankful is never not going to be needed in my life. Discovering a way of eating that is working to sustain my energy levels more, while also helping me lose weight. I have lost almost 10 kilograms this year and feel so…

  • What I learned in March

    At the end of each month, I take some time to reflect back on all that I’ve learned and lived. This month has contained some big challenges and growth opportunities for me. I will attempt to corral my thoughts about these, although I know that there is still processing going on. I can go away for a weekend and both my daughter and I will survive! I was so anxious about this trip for our MOPS Field Staff Training Seminar in Melbourne. It was the longest I had ever left my daughter and most definitely the furthest I had ever been from her. I was also well aware of the fact that…

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  • Five Minute Friday (on a Saturday): Decide

    So I missed writing this on Friday, so did it on a Saturday instead! It is still Friday in the US so that counts, right?! If you’re new to the Five Minute Friday idea, you set a timer for five minutes and write on the prompt word. No editing, no over-thinking, just writing. Being an adult seems to come with so many decisions. Some more mundane and others so much bigger. Sometimes I find it easy to make decisions and at others, I can barely wrap my head around all the implications.  I have seen God taking me on a journey of big decisions over the past couple of years…

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