take a chance – Grateful Wonder

Early Retirement?

So the last two weeks Hubby has proposed a bit of spit ball plan. I love his half planned plans when he shares them with me. Now I know it sounds like I’m about to block his idea, but frankly it’s brilliant his plan. Now it’s me taking the idea and running it through myContinue reading “Early Retirement?”

Learner Sewer

For as long as I remember I’ve always wanted to sew. My mother and great-aunt were both sewers and at various times would give me little lessons. However, I was impatient and just wanted to “sew stuff”! Years went by and I decided I was happy enough to just buy clothes or have my mumContinue reading “Learner Sewer”

Rites of Passage

The other week a friend asked if I could take photos of her children at their senior formal (for other parts of the world this is known as prom).Lets just say I was nervous. Actually lets be real, I was petrified! These were photos to mark a tremendous point in time for the family, aContinue reading “Rites of Passage”

Gratefulness

It’s been twelve months since Husband Dear became extremely ill. If that wasn’t stressful enough it all had to happen when the pandemic hit and we were in lock down. However, after twelve months I’ve continually reflected on what happened As a family we became a stronger unit. I love that my children are capableContinue reading “Gratefulness”

Connecting to Community

Over the course of my teaching career I have come across many different people and have worked in many different educational areas and towns. I have learnt something from all of it. Sometimes the lessons were learnt long after the fact but, learn and grow from it I did. So I’d like to ask youContinue reading “Connecting to Community”

Take that chance….

A number of years ago I said to a friend, “I think I’d like to write little essays on things I’ve learnt and stuff”. Her reply was one of enthusiasm and that’s as far as that idea went. Blogging didn’t even occur to me and certainly never on the internet! Well fast forward 10 yearsContinue reading “Take that chance….”