My usual helpers were a bit pre-occupied with their school sleep over to contribute towards this year’s effort to support the families with babies in NICU and thank all the amazing staff at Dunedin Hospital NICU Department, so it was just me whipping up a […]
Category: Vision and Paying It Forward
“Everything will be OK.”
Four simple words. One emotion-filled, tear-jerking story. Many impacted lives. It’s one thing to hear someone’s story. It’s another thing entirely when you get to experience them telling it. Whether their story is a mixture of struggle, sacrifice, or victory I can’t help but to […]
Preparedness is the key to opportunity
What does your ideal life look like? What do you need in place to get to that point? What action could you take today to get closer to it? Who can help you to get there? If the right opportunity came up, are you prepared […]
Paying the full price
Everything has a price. The price we pay is normally in line with the value we gain. We consider what we need or want against the quality of a product or service and the price we have to pay. Whatever the price tag, if we […]
“Living the dream”
From a young age we are encouraged to dream, to have imagination, to consider anything to be possible. Then as we grow up, something apparently changes in our lives and we’re brought “back to reality”. Phrases such as “you’re such a dreamer” or “that’s very […]
Tomorrow is Never Promised – A Life Lived Without Regret
On this day, 6 years ago, my life as I knew it crumbled before my eyes and all my plans, hopes and dreams for the future evaporated in an instant. I had just spent a harrowing evening in the emergency department of our local hospital demanding […]
Chasing New Levels in Life – How to Bring Your Vision and Goals into Existence
2020 began with a bang; a fresh decade and what many were calling a Year of Vision. People made grand resolutions for the year, and then life happened. In January, I challenged you with a big question, and now in the one of the bleakest […]
Sharing the Love – Creating a Sense of Community During a Season of Separation
And that’s a wrap!! Just finished recording 25 songs (plus two bonus tracks to involve the kids in our parish) with my very talented husband over the past week, for our church’s six virtual masses (church services) during the month of lockdown in New Zealand. […]
Vision and New Year’s Resolutions in 2020
How are you planning on bringing your Vision and New Year’s resolutions into existence? One week into the New Year and feel like I’m geared up for my best year yet. This evening one of my mentors challenged me to hold on to my big dreams long […]