While chatting with an acquaintance about the struggles many new mothers have with ministry and motherhood, she said in all earnestness to me, “But you set the standard too high!” Hmm……. The last time I heard something similar was when a friend was told that the younger moms didn’t dare approach her for advice because […] Read more…
Home Management
Need help decluttering?
Decluttering is a necessary evil Constant decluttering It needs to be done on a regular basis or stuff will just build up and before you know it, the house has become hard to manage because there are piles of stuff everywhere. I like to declutter our home during our year end school break because I get […] Read more…
Give me back my motivation!
Ever feel like you can’t get moving and everything is sooooo overwhelming? Yeah. That’s me, right now. And I usually get it after a long break. It’s like the engine died and can’t be revived. And the longer the engine is dormant, the more effort it take to get it up and moving again. That’s […] Read more…
Cooking for a large family
When either dh or I go grocery shopping, we obviously buy a lot. We fill up either the NTUC supermarket trolley or our own large trolley the brim. The wet market sellers know me and no longer bat an eye at my huge orders. But recently at the wet market, while I was placing my […] Read more…
The urgency of the times
So the first of the Blood Moons* have come and gone and everyone is waiting with abated breath to see whether the something major that is going to happen is really going to happen from now till 28th September 2015 😛 Whether you believe that the Blood Moons are a sign of Jesus coming for […] Read more…
Staying on Top of Clutter
I cannot stand clutter and therefore am always de-cluttering. And I am ruthless. Toys that are not played with after a few months are first put away and then passed on to another family or donated to the Salvation Army if still not played with when brought out. Clutter makes me feel antsy, trapped, messy. Read more…
How to Ensure that Moms Get to Rest
Rest is physically required in order that we can function at an optimum level. But it is often the last thing on our To-Do list. As mothers, we are all guilty of neglecting this aspect of our lives. We think everything rests on our shoulders and therefore we must push on and ignore our need […] Read more…
Delegate and Cut Corners
No, I do not have more than 24 hours. Nor am I able to do things at a supersonic speed. Although I wish I could – daily! So how do I do it all? Firstly : I don’t AT ALL. Some things are done all of the time and some things are done some of the time […] Read more…
2012 – A Year of Abundance Indeed
Back in January 2012, my dear husband shared in his January Newsletter that he had been given a word, “abundance” by the Lord. And now in December, as I look back, it has indeed been a year of abundance. In the homeschooling front, we were blessed to be able to graduate another child from the […] Read more…
Renovations!
When we first moved into our maisonette in 2005, we could only afford to do up the three toilets and kitchen. We just thanked God that the previous owner barely lived in it so the floor and wall tiles were in good condition. Then we re-painted the entire flat and moved in. We had only […] Read more…