The Final Say
I watch him pack Georgie into the car. He throws her into the air once, twice. She shrieks with joy. He leans down, puts her into…
Love + Baby Chicks
She’d been asking for months, begging in that personal way a mother knows is different from the plead that accompanies a chocolate, a third marshmallow, another plastic…
How We’re Feeling About Christmas
Let’s play a game. It’s called: How We Are Feeling About Christmas (In One Photo). We’ll start with Joel. This is how Joel is feeling about…
6 Relationship Strategies I Learnt In Marriage Counselling
In my first year of marriage, these are some of the thoughts I had: Is it meant to be this hard? Am I really cut out…
One Year
Popping in super quick today with a big fat HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY, HUSBAND. Joel: Has it really only been a year? He totally loves being married…
A Cup of Milk
We’re here. It’s Christmas eve. I was putting out cookies and milk for Santa earlier this evening, high on joy, immersed in it – my favourite…
December Eve
It’s December eve. Our fridge is stocked with ham and we’ve spent the day cleaning, clearing, purging, cosying — a gesture that welcomes the final month…
Ten Christmas Loves
My ever patient husband gifted me an early Christmas present last week and when I received it, the heavens parted, beams of golden light shone down…
Saving The World With Ballet Concerts & Tears
Four years ago, I was closing up my business to start working from home, a swollen belly in front of me full of everything I didn’t…
Moon Walks & Friday Things
I bundled the kids into the pram last night and took them on a moon walk, fresh jammies hugging their bodies, warm quilts tucked under their…
The Red Tent 