The THIRTY ONE: Team have again done an absolutely stunning job. This month not only do we get another Powernote From Edna but we meet the beautiful Cara van Shalkwyk and are graced with inspiring articles by some of my favourite women in the world. It is a humbling privilege to share the pages with women who to me are legendary.
Read MoreLet me tell you about why Anne is brave. There are many reasons! But one of them is that she chooses to believe in fallen, flawed people and in doing so, she unlocks the gold in them. In all the time I have known her, she has also embraced challenge, chosen to stand up when life has knocked her down and layed down many a personal dream in response to the sovereign call on her life - the latter being why not only has she captured my heart, but commands my respect. And although it is cheesy, she really does leave a little sparkle wherever she goes. So ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Anne.
Read MoreThis is a series dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating individuals who display great courage in the way they live their lives and impact their world. I have heard it said that "comparison is the thief of joy" and it is a terrible thing particularly among women. There is also so much negativity online, where people seem to feel free to say whatever they want, no matter how unkind. I am hoping that this series will add to growing a culture of celebration, kindness and inspiration.
Read MoreSimply put, Harvest is the process of gathering ripe crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain and pulses. Harvest also marks the end of the growing season. As I was reading up a little on the subject I felt a tugging at my heart and a question popped up - What have I grown over the last season that is now ready to harvest? What have I been cultivating that is ready to be pruned?
Read MoreI’m seriously just out of the starting gate when it comes to parenting, but we have survived the first couple of years travelling back and forth and I thought I would share some of my notes and tips as a travelling Mom in the hope that they might be of some help to someone.
Read MoreI am especially excited for this issue because of 'Our Adoption Story' a segment written by Marike von Mollendorff. Who is Marike to me? Kind of everything! Dear Friend, Fun Sister, Trusted Mom - somehow she is all of them! And here, she shares her family's adoption story.
Read MoreIn the West we are not used to being quiet, we do not practice "getting quiet". In fact, if most of us are honest, we fear the quiet. And stillness is a foreign, abstract idea. You see stillness is not the absence of movement... Quiet is not the absence of sound. To still and quiet ones soul is a journey for the brave because it means that each of us have to face the resounding jungle of words, thoughts and voices that line the path along the way.
Read MoreIt is not healthy to live in a habitual pattern of trying to keep up with life or surviving life rather than living your life.Don't let your day happen to you. Happen to your day.
Read MoreThe great unknown. Sounds beautifully enigmatic doesn’t it? Wide open space with no boundaries, no time constraint, no systems or agendas. Um… Yes. Until you are living smack. Bang. In the middle of it. And the only thing you have to hang onto is a word or a promise and of course, everyone’s questions.
Read More“It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.” from the opening scene of the movie Crash.
Read MoreTransition and Mobility. These seem to be words that sum up our life as a family. Growing up the British middle class cultural model around me was very much this: At 18 you finish school, maybe take a gap year, go to university and then travel and then get a job because getting married is a serious commitment and then it is time to settle down, get a house and start filling said house with children and things. I’m not saying that this is right or wrong, but that was pretty much the vibe at the time.
Read MoreFor me this is a particularly special because of cover girl Ruth Pasque. Ruth is not only a great friend, she is my forever family and one of the bravest people I know; because of what she means to us, we gave her name as one of our daughters'.
Read MoreThis blog has been a long time coming and I am so excited to be finally pressing publish. Writing has always been my primary art form and towards the end of 2014 I felt the message coming through loud and clear that the time is now to put my words out there for others to read.It is my hope that you will find amidst these words simple truth and authentic stories always penned with and motivated by grace.
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