Rosie Boom’s Blog

Read a great quote today. “In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ”
Reminds me of another piece of wise advice. “Wherever you are , be all there.”

I recently read a great quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
It’s amazing how many spare moments we have sprinkled through the day. And it’s amazing […]

Today I read a simple Russian proverb which reminded me of a very important truth.
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
How easy it is to spread ourselves too thinly; to try and do too much; to squeeze too many important things into our busy days, until we […]

Just have to write a short post to celebrate the milestone of getting all our lights on in the new house! The electrician spent three days wiring everything up and now all the plugs, fans, extractors, sensor lights and lights in the house are working.
As soon as night fell, the whole family walked down […]

“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.” Winnie the Pooh
Ever felt like that? I have. I have […]

I just read a great quote from Douglas Jerrard.
“The ‘last word’ is the most dangerous of infernal machines, and the husband and wife should no more fight to get it than they would struggle for possession of a lighted bombshell.”
It’s so jolly easy to want to make sure we have the ‘last word’ - whether […]

It’s been ages since I wrote anything here!! So much happening and such busy days. Maybe I’ll come back and write a few blogs about some of it. But I wanted to write here a few verses which the family have been memorizing and which have become my daily prayer.
Psalm 143:
Let the morning bring me […]

Just a very quick note. My darling mum had a small stroke on Thursday and is in hospital. I am staying in there caring for her, but had a night off last night to come out and celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. What a blessing being able to be with Mum and help […]

I got an email from a woman recently who shared with me the pain of trying to have children but not being able to conceive thus far.
It made me think of a wonderful quote I have written in the back of my Bible taken from a letter by Samuel Rutherford, a preacher in the 1600’s. […]

On Saturday I went to listen to Eliza compete in the Northland Performing Arts competitions. When we got home at 2pm I found Jacob lying on the sofa, crying whenever his left leg moved. He had come in to our bed at 3am that morning complaining of a sore leg, but it was obviously getting […]