The month of June seems to be a silly time of year to look at New Year’s Resolutions … But is it? The start of June seems to be a good time to stop for a moment and evaluate. To look back and assess how the past five months have progressed. How has your year been so far? How has your year progressed? Are you on target to meet your New Years’ Resolutions? If you are, congratulations. You must be one of those rare people with iron discipline and a photographic memory. Unfortuna

Have your best Years Passed You By? In the recesses of your mind do you aver ask yourself; ‘have I passed the Point of no Return’? Can I ever reach a stage of life where it’s just too late to start over? 'Have your best Years Passed You By?'—Photo by Christopher Windus on Unsplash In my teens I never give it any real thought–That was until I sat the VCE exams. No one ever explained that there was a Normal Distribution Curve. Statistical marking had to ensure that certain perc

I hear an opening bar or chord of a song and I’m 12, 16, 18, 20 something … again. Day Tripper—The Beatles; Stairway To Heaven—Led Zeppelin Unchained Melody—The Righteous Brothers. It’s not just pop music … Classical has it too; William Tell Overture—Gioachino Rossini Minuet in G Major—J S Bach Symphony #5—Ludwig van Beethoven (Da, da, da, daaaaaaaa) Bookmarks Music transports me. It’s a time machine. Decades later a song comes over the radio and the passion rises, memories c

“No man is poor who has a Godly mother”—Abraham Lincoln Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash This Sunday, 13th May, we celebrate Mother’s Day. Mothers across Australia and USA will receive gifts of flowers, chocolates, hand made gifts and cards to say in different ways —I love you, I appreciate you. It is one day of the year when we get an opportunity to show our appreciation to the woman who gave birth to us … and in many cases, so much more. It may be one of the few days

Let go and know that I am God I have been a mum for more than 28 years. I have four children and three step-children. When my first daughter was born I’d had very little to do with babies … I hadn't even changed a nappy. I read books on pregnancy and babies and when she was born the God given motherly instincts kicked in. Photo by Derek Thomson on Unsplash Motherhood Motherhood has been the most rewarding, challenging, joy bringing and heartbreaking role of my life. Becoming