unconditional love

Lessons from Noel Algernon Faulkner.

This is my dad - Noel Faulkner, born on Christmas Day, 1929. He passed away in August 2012. Without realising it, he had some incredible lessons to share... Dad was one of those...

read more

I’m not doing this alone…

At this time of the year we have an advent calendar strung up in our entrance hall. Each little bag holds something special inside, a yummy chocolate, a quote to think about...

read more

Celebrating a report card ‘F’.

It's almost the end of the school year and soon we will receive our boy's end of year report card. One  boy has just finished Year 7,and also completed NAPLAN this year. Our...

read more

Is my brain engaged?

When I was a young girl, my father brought this sign home  to hang by our rotary phone. At the time I didn't really know what it meant, but nowadays I find myself thinking of...

read more

The missing piece…

Today I have been feeling cross. I'm angry that after spending over eight years at a university doing my undergraduate and masters degree this institution left something out of...

read more