1. It is not about having a state of the art camera. Whether you choose to use a top of the range DSLR; a compact pocket camera; or a mobile phone camera… it’s the content in the photo that really counts. It is often the case that when an unexpected ‘captured moment’ occurs, your ‘good’ …
These are the simple ‘I can’t believe I didn’t think of that myself’ solutions to life’s little problems. Here are my top ten favourite life hacks that have literally changed my life!
It’s the United Nations International Day of Families and the start of National Families Week. A time to pause and reflect on what your family means to you.
To celebrate what makes your family unique.
You know what they say – you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your relatives. Ain’t that the truth?! Maybe that’s why families around the globe are being torn apart.
One of the best ways to find out the type of family you want, is to look at what we don’t want. Sad but true. You only have to look at the news once to see what you don’t want to be like. For some reason this seems to be glorified in our society through …
The culture of your family will be based on 3 things 1) what you allow 2) what you don’t allow 3) What you demonstrate/how you live your life I know what you’re thinking; That is way too simple, and way too obvious. Yes! Just the way I like things. At least when things are simple, …
There wasn’t anything special about the menu. I think it might have even been leftovers and we kept the conversation light, not to exclude our guest.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR Without a doubt spring is my favourite season. There are a number of good reasons for this (mostly personal and selfish). Not only do we come into what I think is the perfect temperature, giving more excuses to head back into the pool and beach but weather wise, almost every …
Maybe noone’s making rude gestures or doing the classic ‘rabbit ears’ behind dad’s head but what does your family portrait really say about you?
Do your children know where you grew up? How you met their other parent? Or where you were married? Do they know about the dreams you had, and successes and difficulties you’ve faced? What do they know about their grandparent’s lives? Researchers have discovered that children who know about their family’s stories are more likely …