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Everyone Holds Something Beautiful
I was gardening today and found myself thinking….how easy it is to believe we’re ordinary. Not talented enough. Not special enough. Not something enough. We look around and see others shining in big, visible ways ~ singing, creating, leading, building…and we quietly place ourselves somewhere lower on that invisible ladder. But I don’t think it…
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You can read a thousand papers about young people.
Or you can sit with one! Over the years, as both a mum and a youth worker, I’ve read a lot about young people. Studies…Academic papers…Frameworks…Labels for everything. Sometimes it feels like there’s a whole industry built around analysing young people. Some of it is useful, I’m sure! But after years of actually sitting with…
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Finding Friends in Small Towns
Loneliness in a small town hits differently. Everyone seems connected already ~ woven in by history, family, time ♡ Sometimes you’re surrounded by humans, yet still feel quietly unseen. Not because you don’t belong…but because you’re still becoming. I’m learning that finding friends isn’t about forcing connection. It’s about grounding. Staying open. Trusting that the…
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The Great Hormonal Plot Twist
(also known as: Whatever The F**k Is Happening To Me) I am a 4……something year old woman. A lady never tells. But my hormones absolutely do. Like overshare! The era where nothing is wrong, everything is wrong and I will not be answering follow-up questions. This is not menopause. This is the trailer. The ominous…
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The cost of living feels heavy right now
Not in an abstract, news-headline way ~ but in the very real, day-to-day maths of trying to survive. We’re looking for another place to call home. We’ve only just moved, yet here we are again, staring at rental listings and wondering how this has become the norm? $650 and upwards? 🙁 By the time rent…
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A different journey
Our meeting with the Mayor didn’t go the way we hoped.
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A Late Bloomer… or Right on Time?
So… I got accepted into the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice + Social Work and I’m frothin’. Like, proper buzzing! I know, I know……I’m a little “late to the party” (I’m 4……something…..a lady never tells 😌) But maybe this isn’t late at all. Maybe this is perfect timing. I’ve spent years learning humans the…
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Be the change
The world is changing ~ fast and not always kindly. Every click, every scan, every “upgrade” seems to pull us further from each other. The digital ID ~ they say it’s for safety, for convenience ~ but I can feel it tightening. Control disguised as progress. Comfort wrapped in compliance! But I believe the real…
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Always You — by Chloe Fisher
RainMinded Reflections ♡ I just finished Always You by Chloe Fisher and woah, I’m still feeling it! I don’t even know this sista, but somehow, after reading her story, it feels like I do ♡ This book isn’t just a memoir — it’s an experience. I laughed, I cried, I felt every single word. I…
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The Invisible String
There’s this invisible string that ties us to our babies ~ one that never really fades, no matter how old they get (my oldest is 25!) I feel it every day. A gentle tug when I think of them, a pull when they’re struggling, a little spark of calm inside me when I know they’re…
Rain’s Rambles
A space for honest reflections ~ on life, love, struggles and the messy beauty of being human. Here I share raw thoughts, small wonders and the moments that shape me, in all their imperfect honesty ♡
