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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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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 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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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…
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Let’s Talk About Talking (a.k.a. Gossip)
There’s something a little icky about gossip, isn’t there? That slow drip of conversation that starts as “concern” and ends up twisting into something that leaves a funny feeling in the pit of your stomach ♡ Lately, I’ve been thinking about how easy it is to fall into it ~ even accidentally. Small towns, small…
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Letting go!
Wow! That one really knows how to test me. (And if I’m honest, I’m a little stubborn when it comes to “surrender”) It’s not a neat chapter with a clear ending ~ it’s a lifelong rhythm of release, a practice of surrendering again and again……. This week, I’ve had to say goodbye to a lot.…
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I Would Really Like to Exclude Myself from This Narrative
The world feels unsettled lately and I can feel it mirrored inside me. Life lately feels like a roller coaster with a dodgy safety bar and I’m ready to get off, stat! We’re back in the rental market (send prayers, crystals and snacks) And wow ~ it’s hectic. Like, if the Hunger Games and “The…
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When the Ground shifts
Well… this one’s a little hard to write. We’ve just been given notice ~ 90 days to move out. And while I know “home” isn’t always about four walls, this place has been our sanctuary. It’s hard to imagine leaving it behind :'( Uncertainty is a funny (and slightly cruel) thing. You tell yourself to…
