The Things No One Tells You
No one tells you it’s going to be like this. That you can be so tired you want to sleep for days, and yet know you’ll be lucky if you get any sleep tonight. Not one tells you it’s going to be like this. That you are so exhausted from putting out fires, and mediating arguments, and trying to work out who hit who first, that you hide on the couch and let your eight year old do it instead. That in this moment, she has more patience, and grace than you, and maybe she would be the...
Read MoreHappy Birthday Ava
Dear Ava, It is Thursday the 28th if July, and you are eleven months and 364 days old. In just a few hours the clock will tick over, and you will be one. A big girl. Not a baby anymore, but always my baby. You have been sick this week. You have had an ear infection, and a sore, yucky throat. You have been cranky, and miserable, and I have considered taking you to the hospital more than once. You hate taking your medicine. If you even see the syringe, you start blowing raspberries, trying to...
Read MoreThankful though I don’t feel Thankful
To be perfectly honest, I’m not feeling very thankful today. Ava has been sick for the last few days with an ear infection, and horrible, ridiculously high temperatures. She is on antibiotics, but getting them into her is really hard. I’ve had to resort to panadol suppositories for the temp, but even then it seems to either control the pain, or the fever, not both at the same time. It’s her birthday tomorrow, and at this rate, I’m kind of ready to postpone it. I’m...
Read MoreWordless Wednseday Our New Boat
Our New Boat Ava’s First trip out to sea Me with My girls – Heaven Bailey caught a fish. It’s a Tricky Snapper I caught a fish too Coming back into the boat ramp Playing along with My Little Drummer Boys for Wordless...
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In May of 2008, Maria Chapman, the adopted daughter of Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman, was accidentally run over by her older brother in their drive way. She was rushed to hospital, but tragically died soon after.She was five years old. When I first read this news, it was in a small segment of the NT News. I was pregnant with Bailey at the time. I remember thinking this was so terrible. Although I obviously didn’t know the family, I had listened to Steven’s music, and...
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