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What Oana forgot
Otilia, from Romanian Mum inspired by MrsB, from Mind over Matter wrote a lovely post the other day that got me thinking. The whole idea came from the book MrsB is reading at the moment, “What Alice...
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Before You Were Born Meme
I was tagged by My Mills Baby with the lovely idea of a “life before the children” meme. I will try and answer the questions proposed as accurately as I can 1. What was your favourite holiday...
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What makes you happy?
The other day I got a message from a friend who had just discovered my blog and who asked me exactly this question: “How do you manage to be so happy?” I attempted an answer but then I thought that...
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The Christmas Tag
I came across this in one of Victoria’s, from “Verily, Victoria Vocalises”, tweets and decided to join in the fun 1. Do you prefer a real Christmas tree or synthetic? I love real Christmas trees as...
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Spare a thought…Christmas sorrows
I have been so bloomingly and naively unaware of grief at Christmas. Call me simple or sheltered or disconnected from reality or just pure blessed. For me, even as a child in Romania with not too much...
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Center Parks Blogger Challenge: 12 Christmas Favourites!
Now that Christmas is behind us, I can look back in retrospective, ponder on the greatest joys of the festive season and respond with a post to the challenge launched at the beginning of December by...
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The words for 2014
The other day I read a very inspirational blog post in light of New Year’s resolutions and decisions. Instead of making a list of resolutions she was bound to break, as far as the experts tell us, the...
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Word of the week: PATIENCE
As you might have read in one of my previous posts this week, I have decided to focus on a couple of words this year and seek a genuine transformation with God’s help and daily assistance. As goals the...
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What’s the story?
This photo was taken at Christmas in 2011. Emma was only 2 and we were visiting my family in Romania. It is special because it has both Alex and my dad in it. I have been thinking a lot about my dad...
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Coffee for your heart
I am responding to Holley Gerth’s 2014 encouragement challenge with this post and I am aiming to encourage you, my sisters and friends. To be truthful and honest, it is a bad time for me to be writing...
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Word of the week: Anticipation
Yes, you guessed it, baby is still not here. But this week has been all about nesting: stocking up on frozen goods, tidying, doing loads of laundry and ironing and anticipating the great arrival. I...
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What’s the Story?
Exciting days in our household: yesterday was my birthday and I was so relieved baby didn’t make an appearance, it would have been a bummer( for me, especially) to have to share a birthday with him,...
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Keeping the time
I am a punctual person. Actually, if you want to stress me out completely, just give me an appointment and not enough time to make it in time for it! I am the sort of human being who knows EXACTLY how...
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Living Arrows: You are Loved
This is the first time I am linking into the Living Arrows project but I love the idea behind it and the Kahlil Gibran’s poem with the same title reflects so much my parenting view and philosophy. I...
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Word of the Week: Adjournment
Adjournment was the word of this week for me, most certainly! As you might know, I am expecting a baby boy. Any day now. This has been my slogan and opening line for the past, well, at least two...
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Books you love
I was truly hoping to be able to share with you pictures of my newborn today but he is taking his time. I am now overdue, with an induction planned for Sunday the 26th if he doesn’t show up until then....
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Coffee for Your Heart: You Are Not Alone
Linking in a day late to the lovely Holley Gerth’s series, Coffee for Your Heart. I have been a new mummy again for the past 8 days. As anyone who has birthed and raised a child knows, looking after a...
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Living Arrows-6/52
Life as a family of 4 This is us (daddy is taking the picture) on one of our first trips out as a family of 4. He was craving good pub grub so we drove to Carnlough and went for our favourites: Emma,...
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Word of the week:Breakthrough
It has been a roller coaster week for me, as it is expected when having a small infant in the house. What made it even more challenging was realising that my breast milk had dried up due to stress and...
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Word of the week: Hope
Guys, I have been struggling this week. A lot… I don’t know if it’s the accumulated tiredness. The fact that the breakthrough last week didn’t last and we ended up in the A&E on Saturday morning...
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