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I love celebrating my birthday. I love turning another year older and hopefully becoming a little wiser. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, July is a month filled with birthdays. Both my dad and I share our birthdays in July along with a number of my friends. Although I enjoy all the [...]

Let me start this blog post with a disclaimer. I am currently nursing a newborn. I have had approximately four hours sleep in 48 hours. My four-year old daughter is having a Disney dance party in our living room at this precise moment – I have heard ‘Let  It Go’ fifteen times in a row.

I have always felt connected to the month of May. There is something about this month that fills me with happiness and hope. My husband and I got married in May. We chose the month as one of our favourite seasons is autumn. Canberra is truly spectacular in autumn. Our wedding was a reflection of

Entering the month of April, I approached my last month of pregnancy and I was officially in the nesting stage. I spent the month sprucing our home for the arrival of our second (or third, if you count our beagle, Sherlock) baby. Amidst all the tidying, cleaning, decluttering and redecorating I [...]

After a few months in hibernation enthusiastically crafting new stories, I marched out in March (sorry, I couldn’t help myself). From Instagram challenges to story time sessions to book launches and creative masterclasses, I was out and about. March kept me on my toes. It was an eventful month. [...]

January was all about dreaming BIG! As we moved into the month of February I was reminded that in order to fulfil your audacious dreams you also needed to trust. I have always been quite impatient, wanting to achieve my dreams, goals and aspirations now, in this very second. However, the more [...]

What a great start to the year! January has been an incredible month. For me, it has been a month of dreaming BIG! During the Christmas period, I received a ton of great books as gifts from close friends and family. Perusing these books I found one underlying and profound message that pulsated [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! When December rolls around I can’t help but start singing all the classic Christmas tunes. December is such a magical month. If you have been following my blog articles, by now you would know how much I adore the festive season. I love everything [...]

It’s November! The end of the year is nearly upon us and so to is the festive season. With Christmas around the corner, Christmas markets are a plenty. Since I had spent most of October somewhat of a recluse I decided to commit to participating at a few very special Christmas markets. I do enjoy

The past month has been challenging. At the beginning of the month I had somehow found myself utterly lost. After having some incredible adventures in August and September, with the launch of Charlie’s Adventures…in South Africa and book tours both virtually and overseas, I felt I had come down [...]