Once upon a time....

Here goes.... a time to dare to reflect on life!The good , the bad and the ugly...I do tend to find it helpful on the 'get real' facts of life!

Well upon reflecting on things I have come to realize that 'once upon a time' .... I was young, confident, fit,.......... the list could go on but i'll try to move on....i have come to realize that anxiety (however unrealistic)holds me back.....an invisable scar from 'life'! I want my childhood me back - mind, body and soul!...so press forward I must....in patience and trust in exercising Faith.

Not sure of anything much now....I just know we are on the right path. I need to become humbler, meeker, .......why? to become the me I want to be!

When confidence is shattered it is like picking up fragments of glass that one needs to rebuild...there can be pain and beauty in every splintering part - just like life!

The Power of Words: 50 words that lift, motivate, and inspire from a LDS...

I LOVE THESE WORDS....I MIGHT TRY TO MAKE THEM INTO A QUILT, WHILE I PLAY TUG A WAR WITH A COUPLE 'IN LIFE' :)

We attended our first ever Ball 'TOGETHER' in 2010!

Changi Prison

This sketch was created whilst in Changi prison.It is of my nanna's brother Patrick Quirk. Puddling around doing family history brings to life not only the names of ancestors but the stories of their lives. I can recall how nanna told of the story of when as a small child she hid behind a chair hiding from the man in a uniform who made her mother cry...it was Pat on the day he had enlisted coming to tell his mum he was off to the war.

My Heavenly Father Loves Me

13 th Article of Faith came to my mind whilst viewing this....

"We believe in being honest,true,chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men: indeed , we may say we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."

Joseph Smith

out with the old & in with the new

Here I sit beside the lily filled dam at dusk of a magnificent day. We enjoyed a busier than usual day of homeschooling with everything from mask making,money trading,reading,narrative writing and even some interviews by phone.

Kookaburras have just broken into song and the birds are like that of a world class avery...I do love our little tree house in the bush!

With the year passing us by so quickly I am puzzled by how much we need to fit in before Christmas this year.

I feel like I am more settled at present than I have been in a while. I think good friends have greatly enhanced our lives here and I hope we never have to move away from them or visa versa.

The flowering begonias remind me of fond memories gardening with small babes years ago...while now those babes whip past me on the ride on mower with an air of confidence and love of fast toys!The glow of the now fast setting sun is near blinding me but it's warmth is somehow comforting at the end of this Monday.

I wonder what Tuesday will bring? I can say that living day by day is a nice way of life for me. Being overschedulised is just not my thing!

But I do tend to like to know what is coming too...before it is on my doorstep.

Oh well that's my ramble today.....Hope i get back sooner next time :)