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 two words are magnificent but I do believe that breaking it into weekly tasks would make even a greater impact as each week brings its own particular challenge and would need specific focus. So for me, this week’s word has been PATIENCE, related in particular to this pregnancy. I am ready to have this baby, oh, soooo ready, and I found myself stressing over what would be a perfect day for him to come, praying (read attempting to manipulate through prayer) that he will come out on the days Alex is not working too far or too late…etc. It sort of started to rob me of my peace of mind and joy over this delivery so this morning I decided to just…let it go. Into wiser and safer hands. God’s. I also need bags of PATIENCE …

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 author of the post had decided to choose a word around which she was going to structure her life in 2014. Her choice was “nurture” and referred to relationships, personal health, career and marriage. The post gave me food for thought and prayers to pray. As anyone over a certain age, I have been pondering in the last week or so on what went right and what could have been better this year. I do not mean in my circumstances but in my attitude, ways of thinking and consequently, actions. It tied in nicely with our young pastor’s preaching last Sunday challenging us to change our thoughts as the simple action of keeping them under control will change our lives. So, the words I have chosen for this coming year are RENEW and RESET. RENEW as in …

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 Tots100 on behalf of Center Parks. 1. The first thing that comes to mind is Cinderella, the Christmas pantomime Emma and I attended mid-December.  It was a special bonding time between mother and daughter before the baby arrives and I cherished it fully. We laughed a lot, ate loads of sweets, stayed up late and took pictures with the ” silly stepsisters.” A delight! 2. Watching Emma’s ballet “performance” and seeing how confident she has grown in the last four months. I struggled a lot taxing her to the ballet lessons, fighting against my constant pregnancy fatigue and  putting up with a moody little girl in the evenings but seeing her doing so well in her evaluation made it all worth while! 3. Seeing Santa and handing in our “wish list.” Emma has grown progressively fonder of him over …