Honouring Mum

Honouring Mum

My mum and I have had ups and downs, rest, repair, love and care;
My mum has taught me many things, in her own way, showing me the things so I wouldn’t go without;
She has shown me friendship, as a young girl on our walks,
Community, caring for others, offering a hand where it can work,
Taking someone to church, when they couldn’t walk,
Building community, saying hi to others as they pass by,
Working for income, to raise us in faith,
To bound us, found us, and build our grace,
For the bigger picture,
For the base of love,
For the circle of family,
With the heart of mum.
Caring, kind, patient, forgiving, full and giving.
My mum is a mum, one made just for me,
In friendship, in love, in community.

Bed – our proud and prayer.

Bed – our proud and prayer.

How you put your children to bed,
Is it in anger or with poise?
Routines are stuffy, old and fluffy,
Dated, debated, rigid and hated…
Except for mine which is loved so dearly,
By my children and me,
We are holding it near,
So let me share with you our prayer and proud,
Our night routine isn’t usually loud.

Bath & teeth,
Play & PJ’s,
Book & bed,
Proud & Pray,
Sometimes we run through what happened today,
I pull up the bits that I hold so near,
I tell them something they love to hear,
Then I ask them, what they are proud of each day,
Sometimes its sweet, sometimes its to my dismay,
Then its prayer time, I honour all requests,
Especially when they want to pray for their dad, my ex.

I pray for them, I pray for me, I thank the Lord with a heart of glee,
It’s kiss and a cuddle,
Sometimes a drink,
Then off to sleep for my little kiddy winks!

What does your routine look like?
Do you find them fluffy?
Have you forged your own?

Comment below! I’d love to know 🙂

Unpretty Truth.

Unpretty Truth.

Backlap is the rap that haunts me to the core,
The screaming, the yelling, the reflection of my soul,
Built up in my children, my voices of the past,
Haunting, crying, demanding my time more, more, more.
Tag teaming, the screaming, no room for a breather,
Twelve year Olds up in the shits-a, crying poor.
Tense from the thought of school holidays, can’t face my fears, my own cryings poor.
Healing is hard, it’s ugly truth,
Right up in my face until I hit the roof,
Traits from my parents all bottled up tight, flying off the handle is how I saw them fight,
Now I am an adult, they belittle me, for they see their ways, so ugly,
I need to heal, my mind wants to hide, the deep dark hole is what it fears inside.
In I dare peep, ready to shine that light, blazing in my soul from the creator of right,
The one who walks with me through the shadow valley, the one who walks with me when things are full blazing,
I haven’t forgotten to be grateful to you, the one with the guiding rod, and the souls flashlight too.

Thank you God for watching and being with me on my healing path. Amen.

Love Yourself.

Love Yourself.

How are you showing up for yourself & Who do you want to grow into?

How much do I deeply care for myself? I love myself yeah, I love my kids for sure. I deeply care for myself? Not yet, I still love my kids for sure but am I being the best mum I can be if I’m not showing up for myself by deeply caring for my physical and emotional needs?

Who do you want to become as you grow in age? I want to be the one speaking up & speaking out to women to uncover their hurts and show them they have strength behind what they view as weakness, because I’ve been through my own journey and I know how strong I am because of my journey. I know other be women at breaking point are stronger than they realise too, it’s just about finding that mindset perspective & shifting to it.

Sending love for your weekend X

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The early AM team…

I’m tired that they tag team,
One after the other,
Crying, screaming, sooking,
Leading one another,
It is 1am, and I’ve been up twice now,
All for over nothing,
Didn’t really want me,
Didn’t respond when I asked,
In fact I was

Completely ignored,
Like she never called,
Now a screaming baby,
In the room not so far away,
Screaming because he heard his sister,
Crying as she lay,
And in these morning hours,
I can not be annoyed,
Tired, I slept early because I was sure,
Good night’s can’t happen twice in a single row…
Gotta allow for the rough night’s because they tend to follow row.

And now the house is quiet I hear my stomach rumbling,
I’m feeling thirsty, and quite annoyed,
But now I’m all tucked in, so snuggly…

Sorry body, not tonight. I’m not getting up again.
Don’t wanna smash my face in to the wall or trip or stumblin’,
And so instead I’ll talk to God,
And yet the baby has woken yet again,
This time smashing his head on my nose,
I’m so tired, God knows,
I pray he goes just go back to sleep…

And in the morning when he wakes, he will be happy that he did.

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Kids.

I have a headache from kids scremaing all day,
Ones at unfair justice’s facing her world today,
The other is crying when she teases, and gets her hair pulled,
The other is crying, missed a nap because he could.

I am tried. Tired of talking.
Tired of describing.
Tired of instructing.
Tired of the screams that come my way,
Caz someone looked at her toy the wrong way…

As they belt up again,
Not pitchy yet,
Lung full of air,
The nosie that erupts,
Rattling my ears, muting out my brain,
No wonder I can’t concentrate,
There’s no wonder why, not today.

And the preteen is due home any minute now,
That’s a touchy dance around her day at school,
And if she doesn’t listen,
Oh if she doesn’t respond,
I could be balling my eyes out the entire night long.

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How to Fix a Meltdown

It feels like thunderstorm
Loud, heavy, damp
It feels like lightning going
Snap, crackle, crack.

It feels like peace,
Untethered joy,
Contentment,
Happiness,
The gladness, oh boy.

Change is happening,
Three sixties occuring,
All that was needed was a little connection.

When old habits come,
When it’s a full on meltdown,
I grab her a little,
Wobble her arm,
Nonverbal connection
In overwhelm,
Is all that is needed,
To make us safe and well.




*This is a story of how I helped my daughter come out of a meltdown, I connected and made her giggle. This is not advice you need to take on or implement. This is my opinion and experience.