A Fence Around the Cuckoo
I have recently finished reading the wonderful autobiography of Ruth Park, who grew up in New Zealand during the Depression. It’s...
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Jan 17, 20181 min read
A Broken Thing
I started reading a book that Kate had on the table yesterday – Ann Voskamp’s new book, ‘The Broken Way.’ I love the parts that tell...
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Jun 23, 20161 min read
Letters Tied up with String
This wet day has been perfect for me to get things ready for going to Matamata for our HEART weekend! But then I was asked if I had three...
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Jun 10, 20162 min read
Hospital Snippets
I wrote this as I had a few hours to fill in at Auckland Hospital while Chris had a heart procedure done to try and fix his Atrial...
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Jan 14, 20164 min read
Some Thoughts on Grief
First time in the water – she floats! Just before Christmas Chris and I bought a beautiful Acorn sailing dinghy, with the intention of...
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Aug 5, 20151 min read
The Gold of Dawn
A snippet from Pastor Don’s message on Sunday: Time is our most valuable commodity. (Amen to that!!) An older man gave this perspective...
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Apr 30, 20141 min read
Untitled
Last night my niece has organised a clothes swap. It made me think of a wonderful verse I read a few days ago from Psalm 30:11. I was...
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Apr 28, 20141 min read
Why Write Its Epitaph?
Let me share a thought with you…but first the background story… I hurt my neck the other day at the end of our kiwi fruit picking...
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Mar 13, 20141 min read
My New Friend
I made a new friend tonight. She’s 95 years old. I paused to talk to her while I was making Mum a cup of tea and ended up talking for...
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Feb 20, 20142 min read
Jesus Loves Me
Today I took Mum out into the lounge and did a little concert for the ladies. I can’t play guitar at the moment because of my sore arm,...
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Feb 2, 20141 min read
God is Awake
I had my ultrasound scan yesterday. It showed that the tendons are all okay, but there are signs of ligament damage. So I have to wait...
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Jan 29, 20141 min read
The Most Rewarding Moments
This morning I spent some time reading through the journal that I kept for Samuel from conception onward – it was like being back there,...
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Jan 25, 20141 min read
Thoughts on Children and Ducklings
For what seems like ages three of our Indian Runner ducks have each been sitting on a clutch of eggs. And now I have 24 of the cutest...
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Jan 23, 20141 min read
Friendship
Yesterday afternoon I read some of Robert Brault’s quotes out to Mum and she laughed and laughed at some of them. It was so lovely to...
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Jan 22, 20141 min read
Quotes on Love
Okay, three quotes on love today, all by Robert Brault. “Love is not about grand intentions. It is about small attentions.” (How true is...
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Jan 22, 20141 min read
The Big Things
Yesterday I was looking through some photos of my trip to the States and came across one that I took at my friends’ place in Texas. They...
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Dec 14, 20131 min read
One Face
I’ve just read a beautiful paragraph in an old book by George MacDonald (the writer who inspired C. S Lewis).”I will tell those who will...
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Dec 9, 20133 min read
My New Mission Field
For a while now I’ve wanted to write a post and introduce you to a few of my new friends. It’s been four months since Mum was admitted to...
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Nov 20, 20132 min read
Your Life is like Music to Me
I found a box in Mum’s room the other day full of little notes from Dad. We’ve been looking through them together. Some of them made me...
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