Don’t you love when little children are learning the language that is spoken in the home they live in, and it comes out “different.” Different to the true, correct pronunciation due to the speaker saying it too fast or the child not yet being able to say certain sounds. If you look at a baby, they are always watching the face of the person speaking to them – watching the mouth, the eyes, hearing the inflection in the voice. They try to repeat what they see and hear. I remember my daughter could not say her brother Joel’s name correctly and would call him “doll.”  She loved sultanas and as…

The wind is blowing a gale outside. I can tell from the howling noise and the washing dancing on the clothesline. Hopefully it does not rain soon so I can bring it in in time. I really don’t like my hard work of hanging it up going to waste. Hard work you say? Surely its just pegging up clothes on a clothesline? No for me it is like doing a 30-minute aerobics session. I have only the use of one arm in putting up the clothes, so I often throw the clothes on the line first so that the line “catches” them and then I spread the items out and…

Someone the other day said to me, “I don’t see God in my life. I ask for certain things and nothing happens.” These words have been plaguing me ever since. Going over and over in my mind like a stuck recording. This feeling of nothing, this thinking of  this void of God in their life was contrary to how I lived. What I believed. What scripture tells us. What God has told us. God has stated time and time again, “I am with you.” Isaiah 41:10 NRSV God has shared us His Son, Jesus, and He told us the same thing. I am with you always, to the end of…

A cool breeze on a hot day is balm to the senses. Especially when it has been 42 degrees Celsius or 107.6 Fahrenheit. But if there is a fire and a breeze comes up, this is not always good as seen in L.A. recently and happening now in Victoria, Australia.  In other parts of the world right now there is heavy snow falls and ice on the roads. Climate can change in an instant; a tornado is predicted and is more devastating than thought or can be a mere “Willy Willy” where the dust flies around.  Does it appear to be getting worse or has our technology advanced so much we…

Due to lack of sleep from stress, injury and pain on the body, my hair and skin are looking worse for wear. My bones feel like they creak when I move and sad to say there is no bounce in my step. Some of my granddaughters often cheekily and full of love, with a twinkle in their eye, talk to me or ask me questions and refer to me as their “old Grammie.” We have this fun relationship where they say, “Let me help you seeing that you are so old.” This is not said in a derogatory way but full of love and respect. We laugh all the time…