Mothers day tale: When your child almost dies but her name means Life

I've been quiet I know, but this one I can't keep quiet about. See when The Most High God does something amazing in your life you can't not share it with the world. The past 3 weeks have been muy loco ... super crazy. We have been in and out of hospital with our daughter...

Be that tree

As many of you may know now, Mr J and I decided we would homeschool our children. Previously I had been doing my own thing, but this year we decided to start using the sonlight curriculum. Today's homeschool topic really spoke to me. I mean, we have been doing the same topic since the beginning...

6 things a mum wants a dad to know…

Hold on daddies, before you get defensive, I want to start by saying how much we really appreciate you and everything you do for us. But there are just a few things we would like you to know. Please acknowledge the little things we do. I know it may not seem like much, we just...

You Can Do It!

As the year comes to an end and you reflect on your year, I just want to give a bit of encouragement to all you lovely mummies and daddies and carers. You are doing a great job, keep pressing forward. You can do it with God at your side!  Don't be afraid, for I am...

Hair of Sin

I realise that title doesn't make much sense, but let me explain. Today, I spent 1.5 hours in the shower trying to detangle my hair and wash it. Yes, that is right 1.5 hours, it isn't a typo. It took forever. I had to patiently finger comb my whole head, before I was able to...

Robbed of a prayer

I woke up late this morning, my fault, I went to bed late... but as I was woken by my 11 month old son and realised my girls were still sleeping, I got a bit excited.... I had a moment to pray before the whole tribe climbed into my bed.... but boy was I wrong, I...

Mummies Health is important too…

I had the privilege to speak with youtube vlogger Sharla Samuel about being a Stay At Home Mum (SAHM) and the effects on mothers emotional and mental health. The interview was both inspirational and encouraging for all mums, not just SAHM’s. Can you tell us how many children you have and how old they are...

A parents hand

As I was laying down in my bed this morning my 3 year old girls were climbing over me and my 10 month old son was giggling and jumping over them.... It was cute, I agree... But I was tired. My eyes were half closed, still stinging from the tiredness and I placed my hand...

Parents Of Diligence

It has been a while since I have blogged on here, but I have been working on a different project with my husband called Parents Of Diligence. Let me just explain to you a bit about the name Parents Of Diligence. If you have read any of my blogs, you would have seen that I...

For the non-perfect mum: 7 ways to have a stressful day

Believe it or not, not all my days are plain sailing,  fun and laughter. I have off days, why? Because I'm human. Yup, that's right, just plain old human. A couple weeks ago I had a terrible off day and as the day ended... by ended I mean Mr J came home at 5.30pm and...