There's a lot of pain and suffering in the world right now. A lot of people hurting each other and it's easy to feel sad about the state of our tiny planet. It's even...
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...
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...
How to love someone you don’t particularly like…
We've all come across people in our life who we may not particularly like. People who seem to push our buttons without even realising it, or people who we feel we have...
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...
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...
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...