On New Yearâs Eve, 2014, our daughter Hazel was born at Wellington Hospital, by emergency caesarean section. Gosh, we were lucky. âYou must be disappointed,â a healthcare assistant commiserated with me the next day, assuming I would be sad that what started as a straightforward, natural labour had ended in the most dramatic of all […]
Welcome back to one of our most popular guest posters:Â wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey. I just got married for the thirteenth time. I’m hoping it’s a lucky number for myself, the bride, and groom. You see, I’m a wedding celebrant and for two years I’ve been marrying couples from […]
You might remember wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey from this cool post about buying locally-made Christmas presents. We’re lucky to have her back with some reflections on being single. Please make her welcome in the comments below! I’m 26 and single and this has many great perks. I’ve learnt […]
Welcome back to Jon, who wrote this great Guide to Supporting New Dads. He and his wife Jannine have been married for 14 years, and are currently the pastoral care directors of Living Well Church in Rotorua. My child doesnât seem to like me very much at the moment, and I canât quite understand why. My plan […]
Stuck at the traffic lights? Is your honey at your side? Have a kiss. Every time! That’s a micro-tip, but the much more serious and important point it’s part of is this: take every opportunity for a positive, loving interaction. Small is fine. A recent study found that couples in thriving marriages have at least […]
I often tell my husband he needs to write a book about how to be an awesome partner to a pregnant person. It seems more likely that I’ll write a blog post about it though, so here we are. My husband was a superhero supporter through my pregnancy (and beyond). When your partner’s pregnant, it’s […]
For todayâs post I have a special guest writing team with some profound things to say. Jon and Jannine are old friends of mine and the parents of Caitlin (3) and Isobella (11 months) â arenât these girls delightful? Jannine and Jon have been married for 14 years, and are currently the pastoral care directors […]
Are you ‘courting’? ‘Going steady,’ as they said on Happy Days? Or my favourite early-twentieth-century ‘walking out together’? Yay! Enjoy it! What a very pleasant time of life, whatever you call it. The best piece of advice I have for you – just on the off-chance that you are in the market for some, and […]
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrr! That means it is also our wedding anniversary. Huzzah! Here are the words we used to make our marriage four years ago: Will you take T, in marriage, to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and protect her, And forsaking all others, […]
Here’s a tiny thing I do that helps my marriage, most days of the year. My WordPress and Facebook passwords are based on sentences that remind me of how much I love my husband and our commitment to each other. Some long-lost clever article introduced me to a handy way of making up multiple, ‘strong’ […]