"As well as providing endless amounts of laughter with his cheeky quips and mischievous antics, my husband has other talents"...

Since the release of my blog about Stan’s heart attack, he has been receiving so messages of ‘get well soon.’

Stan's Heart Attack and the impact of trauma

My dear Reader, It’s summer, a time of relaxing, swimming and barbecues. The time where our vitamin D reserves are stocked up before we...

On my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/theauthorJustine) and Instagram, I’ve been telling my stories of family traditions, of what...

In 2003, Stan flew off to Minnesota and Wisconsin to meet family he didn’t know he had – I’ll blog about that another time. But while he...

Someone asked me a question about my book A STONE IN MY SANDAL, and the question kept me awake last night, because it was a really good...

Several years ago, I picked a book up. And couldn’t put it back down again. I sat there and read it cover to cover, then started to read...

It’s been a roller-coaster of a few weeks, culminating yesterday in the national elections for New Zealand. Every three years, we get to...

This last weekend, I’ve been incredibly privileged to meet a bunch of people: All of them with one purpose in mind – to tell their story....

LAST WEEK seems to be a muddy haze of anxiety. Our beloved Mr. Polar Monkey was off his food on Monday. By Tuesday he was obviously...

Are you like me? Are you curious and interested in life? I thought I’d give you a walk through a typical day for me. The early mornings...

"How often do we throw things up in the air at God but there seems to be static on the line?"

Have you ever tried to type with a cat sitting on your desk? Or maybe said cat is sitting on your knee. If your cat is anything like my...

My first blog for my new website! I’ve been excited to see the website taking shape, vigorous discussions with Kyra taking place about...