I’ll never forget the first time I felt criticized for lack of care for my home. Aaron and I had been married for a little over a year, and our first son had come one month early. I was attending college full-time, trying to catch up on my courses so I could prove to my mother that my decision to have children early in life would not keep me from completing my college deg....
As Christians we’re regularly told things like ‘don’t be afraid, to die is to gain or, face your fear and do it anyway’. But what about when you and your daughter are tied up by intruders with a gun to your head and you’re in Africa? This was my story in March 2015. For just over two years we’ve been living as foreign missionaries in Kenya. Every day we face danger ....
Growing up I never considered myself to be pretty. If I’m really honest I always hated looking in the mirror, it was a constant reminder of what I was not. As a Fijian girl living in New Zealand, I didn’t fit the image of beauty that was celebrated by magazines and TV shows. I was not blonde or blue eyed. I tried to be though. When I was 20 I lightened my hair, used bleachi....
I come from a really supportive and creative family. My parents have always encouraged my sisters and I to explore, experiment and create and now that I am married, my husband Ashton has become my biggest cheerleader. I have tried a variety of different mediums and creative pursuits over the last few years and spent a LOT of money on craft and art supplies. When I became a mum ....
I was 25 years old, a full-time primary school teacher and 20 weeks pregnant with our little ‘surprise’ package. It just happened to be our 2nd wedding anniversary when the morphology ultrasound was booked. Lying on that ultrasound table I felt sick. I was no longer ill from morning sickness, just sick from the quiet joy, which was bouncing from wall to wall. The young man ....
