Let Truth Bloom

When you look back at your day today (or if reading this in the morning, looking back at your day yesterday), do you feel you did enough? Hmm… I used to look back at most days and feel like a failure. I rarely, if ever at all, thought “ah, today was a great day. I did enough”.  Enough what, though? Laundry? Cleaning? Organising? Connecting with loved ones? Praying? Prepping healthy meals? Exercise? Fun with the kids? Penance? Work? Helping others? Resting? Even taking just one of those on the list, I don’t know if I knew how much was what I’d have considered ‘enough’.  What is enough? As much as is required . Well, that’s pretty subjective, isn’t it? And when you throw some perfectionism into the mix, high expectations, some people-pleasing and a tendency to over-do for others….yikes… “enough” is pretty unattainable! Peeling it back…back to the basics: what is as much as is required? Well, I’m a wife and mother. First and foremost, though, I am a daughter of God. What ...

There can be many times in our lives where we have more on our mind and in our lives than we are able to tend to.  This is a season I am currently experiencing.  Thank you Firstly, I want to express gratitude for the messages and check-ins I have received from many of you. I was deeply touched. And I would like to explain my extended absence from posting here. Life Update I am delighted to share with you that I am currently pregnant with my and my husband’s fifth child! Deo Gratias! Very t hankfully, all is going smoothly with the pregnancy. God willing, we will meet our little one towards the end of this year.  And whilst all is well, I am more tired than I have ever experienced with previous pregnancies. This has meant that only the basics and the absolute essentials are getting done in my home! Some days it feels like not even those are getting covered. Unfortunately, my writing and posting of articles has been one of many things that have been put on pause thi...

I had always imagined being a fun-loving and happy mother.  Being a mum was what I had always wanted. However, there came a point in my life, a few years ago, where I allowed myself to take a look around and be honest with myself about what I saw. There was no playfulness, very little laughter and a distinct absence of fun in my life. I had become serious and pretty sombre almost all of the time. How did I get here? Was it my too-high expectations leading to continuous disappointment? Was it my perfectionist attitude being disappointed with anything less than the unattainable perfection from myself and others around me? Regardless of what the cause or causes may have been, I made the conscious decision to re-introduce fun and laughter into my life. Regularly. Have you forgotten fun lately? Think back to who you were before you were married. Before you had the responsibilities you have now.  What were five things you would do for fun? It doesn’t take me long to remem...