What If Heaven Really Was on Earth?

…m is perfect; It always has been and always will be. You will always be welcomed there as it is where you are from. This is your chance to live. What if you didn’t forget? Would you hold your children a little tighter? Source: flickr.com via Caroline on Pinterest Would you be kinder to your neighbour? Would you laugh more and be silly and stop caring what others thought of you? Would you bounce just that little bit more with each step, swing your…

Going crazy and the great shake up

…way. Maybe it’s the detox. It can do crazy things to you.” Source: bajiroo.com via Bajiroo.com on Pinterest He didn’t have the same conviction that it was the diet. We went for a walk and he spilled all his frustrations out. They were the same as mine. Mostly we were amped to start running the best race of our life, but the starter gun had not yet fired. The first week of January, and most businesses weren’t back at work yet. We had plans we wante…

Gratitude and happiness

…so many amazing conversations and laughter with old friends and new. Sugar free, dairy free, gluten free pumpkin pie One day I will become a better food photographer I fell in love with pumpkin pie when we lived in the States. I was super excited to make this recipe from Sarah Wilson’s I quit sugar ebook. It was delicious!! Kalyra could not get enough of it.I need to make a few slight adjustments next time but its a winner for sure. Click here to…

Yoga, a Ball of Fire and Ice, and Great Change

…oze out the built up toxins in our body. This was the same feeling. More research, which comprised of friends answering my facebook questions and a chat with my master fitness trainer sister, “You haven’t done yoga in a long time, so you have stretched your joints, muscles and ligaments into postures you are just not used to. You have unsettled all your lymph nodes and all the toxins that have been lying there are now coming out.” Shit. I have som…

The World is Full of Good People

…to my car and put my bags in the boot. In between all this I had strangers coming up to peer at Savannah, gush over how cute she was, asking me all sorts of questions and wishing me all the best. She brings out the best in people I felt happy that my baby was able to bring a smile to so many people’s hearts, if only for a moment. I felt happy that many people were able to bring a smile to my heart, if only for a moment. The world really is full of…

Her Bottom Lip Quivered

…sweet baby smell. But I waited, hovering over her bed, willing her eyes to open. Later, I heard scratching coming from her bed and I ran to her, waiting to be greeted with that big smile that takes over her whole body when she sees me. She looked at me confused, looked away and then looked back. She did not smile. Her bottom lip quivered instead. And mine almost did in return. “Savannah it’s Mummy,” I scooped her up waiting for that smile. The lip…

How did I get here?

…teps every day and willingly accept sacrifices. I just had to do backed by complete passion and submission. I had to acquiesce my life and myself over to what my purpose was. I said yes. And I kept saying yes even when it hurt, and when I didn’t want to do it, and when I had to stretch that comfort zone further and further. Every day stepping a little further until without realizing it I ended up here. At Hawke’s Nest With my precious family, in o…