Happy Mother's Day

This is NOT how I had planned to spend Mother's Day.


Update Monday 13 May:
My little bird with the broken wing is now home, and tucked up into bed sound asleep.  She now has two pins holding the bones in her elbow together.
It wasn't the climbing on top of one's playhouse, it wasn't even the falling.  It was the landing that was the problem.

I was going to make some deep and meaningful comment about how this related to Mother's Day and how wonderful mothers are at being there when our children need us the most, but to be honest I'm just exhausted from having spent the last two nights on a narrow stretcher in the children's ward.

Hope all you Mum's out there felt loved and appreciated this weekend.

NZ Music Month: Dave Dobbyn and Herbs - Slice Of Heaven #NZMusicMonth

May is New Zealand Music Month, so I'm doing my bit by sharing some of my favourite Kiwi music.

Another Classic Kiwi number this one - okay, I've been reminiscing.  I'll admit it. But you find me a New Zealander that doesn't know how to hum this tune.

This song was the theme for the animated movie Footrot Flats: A Dog's Tale,  based on the cartoons by Murray Ball.  The movie was released when I was a teenager, but I'd grown up on the daily adventures of Dog, Wal, Jessie, Cooch, Horse the cat, Major the pig-dog, Cecil the ram, Pongo, Rangi, Aunt Dolly and all the other characters.

Wordless Wednesday: Something I Do Everyday #photoadayMay

I hug my children.
Sort of linking in with http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/04/may-photo-day-list.html - It’s a sketch not a photo, but that’s okay because I’m not going to do one every day either.

I miss Lent

I miss Lent.

Don’t get me wrong, I love having my coffee and chocolate again.

One thing I did differently this year was to not just “give up something”, but I tried to also deliberately and intentionally set aside more time to pray, read the Bible, write in my journal, and reflect.  Since the end of Lent these disciplines have slipped back into being more sporadic again.

I miss the deeper spiritual connection I felt when I was making that extra effort.  During Lent, the days didn’t roll into each other as much as they do now.  I felt more energised and creative.

I know that if I choose not to keep pushing the snooze button on my alarm, and actually get up to pray, then I start the day more refreshed than if I’d kept dozing during that time.

This isn’t about something I “should” do, like some kind of belated New Year’s resolution.  It’s more that I’m recognising that this is something that actually works well for me when I do make the effort. 

I haven’t been making that effort lately, and I’ve missed it.

NZ Music Month: Poi E - Patea Maori Club #NZMusicMonth

May is New Zealand Music Month, so I'm doing my bit by sharing some of my favourite Kiwi music.

This is another Classic Kiwi number from the 1980's.  And this one is posted in tribute to Nanny Hui Kahu, one of the singers in this song, who passed away 27 April 2012, aged 73, much mourned by New Zealanders. (http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/6817390/Nanny-Hui-Kahu-dies - also has a modern re-mix of this song)

Wordless Wednesday: Skyline #photoadayMay

Sort of linking in with http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/04/may-photo-day-list.html - It’s a sketch not a photo, but that’s okay because I’m not going to do one every day either.

See http://www.3news.co.nz/Cathedral-demolition-has-begun/tabid/423/articleID/251541/Default.aspx

and for some background see A Holy Place and Goodbye Old Friend.

NZ Music Month: Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat (1982) #nzmusicmonth

May is New Zealand Music Month.

As my little contribution, I thought I'd share a True Kiwi Classic from way back when.  (Persevere my friends - the clip warms up after the first minute).  This song remains a favourite to this day.