Coming soon...

* studying * reading * exam week at school * marking * reports * programs & registers * practicing * piano exam for the 'drama queen' * drum lessons for 'the melon' * cross country state competition * D speaking at a cancer day in the city *

Life is wonderful but very busy at the moment...

Spooky

Mothers Day

 

Tomorrow is Mothers Day in Australia. It is also Max & Lucys' birthday. So it is a bittersweet day for our family. We celebrate the children in  our arms & the children who are not in our arms.

I am so unbelievably blessed to have Bonnie & Eric - for someone who didn't know if she could keep a child alive in my womb I still cannot believe they are both so beautiful & here. Yet the world isn't always a safe place either...love carries risks...

Being a mum is certainly one of the best, one of the hardest, one of the most amazing things to happen in my life - I'm still learning about this 'role' - motherhood. Thank you God for my cross country superstar, & my brave boy. I am so grateful for the chance to be a parent.

Happy 11th Birthday ~Max & Lucy~.
Hugs & kisses to you both. I miss you so much, more than you will ever know. I'm so sorry that my womb wasn't the soft, safe place I wanted it to be for you both. Know that you were both wanted & loved so desperately. We will make some muffins tomorrow to remember you both. Bon & Ric want to celebrate your birthday (although I think they secretly want some muffins too). I can't believe I teach Grade 5 this year - you would have been in those classes...but I love a God who holds all things in His hands & helps us through the good & bad times. I know you are safe in his care now. XXxx

"A family is a circle of love, not broken by loss, but made stronger by the memories - we remember..."
8th May, 2000

Royal Wedding 2011

We enjoyed watching last night :-)

I really wish them all the very best...they have so much pressure on them. It was certainly a beautiful wedding...love this "excerpt" from it...

"Blessings"

I heard this song this afternoon written by a lady who watched her husband battle cancer (brain) & this song was written on that journey...Someone from the MISS site posted it. Music can be very powerful...

Not long to go...

...everyone seems to be in such a frenzy. This poor couple have so much pressure on them.

There's nothing like a wedding, but it's the days, months, years ahead that are more important. Hair goes grey, bodies grow old but LOVE is so important...'faith, hope, love but the greatest of these is love'...

D & kids back to school today. Peace & rest for Mum today ;-)

Happy Easter

My favourite Easter song...He is Risen!!

(I was so sad that I couldn't get to church this morning...but Bonnie & I prayed together & whether or not I am there isn't important...I read through the passages again this weekend that speak about Jesus & it seemed so amazing & so fresh for me...so totally incredible that we struggle to realise how incredible it is...& what hit me this year was the fact that the Bible speaks of the WOMEN who arrived at the tomb & the first people who realised something had happened! Woman who were considered unimportant & so weak in those day were acknowledged & the fact that their testimony is written about is pretty amazing really! I just read this:

• An ancient resurrection story would not be fabricated on the basis of women's testimonies, who could not testify in court.
• Jesus' opponents admitted by their actions that the tomb was empty.
• No one had a reasonable motive to take the body.

Praying

Been looking through some Stormie Omartian books this weekend. She writes a lot about prayer & I really believe that prayer does make a difference...or rather God can make a difference in our lives if we let Him...if we ask Him!
  She went through such a horrific childhood - being locked in a cupboard by a mentally unwell mother & abused, & because she has come through all of that her words are even more believable/powerful...she is a bit of a hero of mine actually. It's so great to have strong women to "look up to", a bit further along their life journey. Anyway, on a weekend where I am full of the flu & achy it's been so encouraging to read some of her thoughts about prayer.
(I love this picture of her too!)