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Poison: toothpaste

Favorite things: twitter

Two days to go until I am officially not working for a while and my day was actually okay.

It had its ups and downs, but mostly the change of season and breath of fresh air surprised me.

Another surprise today, was opening my twitter account to a random direct message informing me that I had won two tickets to an expensive concert 3 hours south from my home, this Sunday!

Every other Sunday I would have been so disappointed because I would have had to work, however this is my first Sunday not working and guess what, the first day of our Babymoon where I have booked accommodation down south for five nights.

What a gift!

What a surprise!

What a way to start this new season…

Honestly I read a twitter saying respond in 140 characters or less why you love Margaret river and I quickly responded not even thinking about the prize or even when the concert was and it couldn’t have been more divine timing…

See when all things seem dark and dreary, difficult and confusing, there is a light that cracks through and brings delightful surprises in that place of transition.

So surprised I can’t go to sleep.

So excited that I have an author in heaven who delights over his daughter.

So impressed with the timing and start to our Babymoon with no expert organization from yours truly.

I am very blessed indeed.

Wow

A

Poison: water

Favorite things: lip gloss

Change often unsettles us, change often discomforts us, change often confuses us.

How we respond to change, I believe sets us up for the potential in the new season that awakens.

My heart is so hungry for truth and my heart is so awakened to potential, my heart is paining to let go of what was…

Every generation will hand over to another generation. The question is will we hand it over gracefully? Or will we complicate the transition with our own selfish pride…

Longing to transition well.

A

Poison: ginger beer

Favorite things: my new nursing chair

There is a line in a song I have been listening to recently quite a lot finishes with this one line ‘You memorize me’…

The line is no where else in the song, it’s a statement that rings loud and true.

It’s in reference to God. The song is all about God and the knowledge of him.

One thing we humans wish we could emanate of God is a 100% faultless memory.

Aside from a very select few, and even their memories are not completely faultless…no one can completely memorize another.

Yet this song proclaims that God memorizes us. He knows everything about us, he knows every part of us, he knows our beginning and our end, he knows our today and our tomorrow…

I love that thought, when times are tough, when life is confusing, that there is someone who can be known, but more impacting than this, he knows everything about us.

You memorize me.

That helps me take comfort.

A

Poison: icecream

Favorite things: family

As painful as it is to slow down my pace in preparation for baby v, it’s also an amazing opportunity to savor moments and life.

I found this website.

http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/

Our world is not adept at encouraging us to do nothing…with our iPhones, iPads, interconnectness through our viral opportunities; Facebook, pinterest, twitter, tumblr…need I go on…

Tonight I want to encourage you in the art of doing nothing and regenerate your life, breath in, breath out, let go, immerse in the new…

Just take two minutes.

I just did

A

Poison: grapes

Favorite things: angora wool

The sky has been grey all day, allowing a dribble of rain to soak the earth slowly for its entirety.

I crocheted with some grey wool, whilst watching greys anatomy.

It’s a grey sort of day.

Somedays are just grey and it’s good to just surrender to its somber hues.

I think if we don’t admit to ourselves the color of the day, it will resurface in new ways.

The skill is not to stay in this place of questioning and deep thought.

Hoping for some blue skies to appear tomorrow and to allow fresh white clouds to wash across my landscape bringing a new sense of peace and hope in the future.

For tonight however I’m okay with the grey…

A

Poison: sultana’s

Favorite things: Mika moo

Today was a big day. One of beginnings, one of endings.

So I came home and crocheted. I crocheted so much, it made me sweat.

Sweating and crocheting doesn’t seem to go together but it became my therapy.

What’s your therapy?

Today mine was making a beanie after work and before dinner. Angora wool, grey and stylin.

Afterwards I felt so much better.

Thanks to some wool and a needle and the lost art of crocheting.

Feel so much better.

A

Poison: sour cream and chives chips

Favorite things: wool

I only have a few days of work left and I have that inbetween kind of face on today.

It’s not a nice face, it’s a confused, frustrated and hopeful one.

The inbetween place is a uncomfortable one.

How can we wait out the inbetween place with grace?

Just acknowledge it and wait…

Inbetween is not a funny place,

Inbetween is not a place of comfort,

The Inbetween feelings in ours lives often are swept away when the new season arrives.

Whatever you’re inbetween, find strength in that which is beyond you, communicate with your person (the one who truly understands your uniqueness and strengths), take a deep breath and launch out into the new.

Inbetween you are truly making me hurt today.

Please go away and don’t come back again soon.

Deep breath

A

Poison: muesli

Favorite things: crocheting

Sometimes resting is harder than doing!

After a weekend packed with young people goodness, allowing myself the privilege of rest is not easy.

I think my body believes when it is crazy, flat strapped, busy that it is completely productive.

However so often the most productive seasons can come out of times of deep and restorative rest.

My problem is finding a routine that promotes rest…who can solve this quandary?

Only you.

What brings deep restorative rest into your days?

Routine those things into your diary and promote the productive benefits of rest.

Faster is not always better…

Hmmm

It’s going to take me a while to conquer this one.

Mrs V

Poison: water

Favorite things: Sunday’s

Today marks the end of a four day camp, eight weeks of intense preparation and year long planning.

It feels sad and brilliant all at the same time.

Endings are just as important as beginnings. As this is one of my last events before maternity leave and motherhood I am acutely aware of the reality of finishing well.

So often we fall over the finish line, begging it to draw near and hoping we have done enough to complete a task and hopefully make it to the end.

Yet I believe finishing strong in whatever you are doing, sets you up for a strong position to start your next race well.

I have encountered so many people who don’t transition seasons well, who leave things half undone, half finished and wonder why new doors and opportunities seldom frequent them.

I believe a great leader, a great friend, a great character is formed and proved in the last days of a season.

How are you finishing your today, to bring strength for tomorrow?

Finish well my friend…

Tie up loose ends, ask forgiveness, tidy the rough edges, handover the reigns with diligence, let go of the responsibilities with grace, transition with detail.

You will then find yourself thrust into the new with freedom and abandonment.

Motherhood here I come!

A