Packing is a word that is filled with nervous anticipation. It implies that you are going somewhere, that there is an adventure that is about to take place. Packing is supposed to be fun. Or at least that's what I thought, but these last two days have taught me a very different lesson. I have spent the last month stressing about my trip to New York. Now its not the fact that I'm going to New York on my own that I have been worried about (although this does hav...

It is official, the Doctor has proclaimed it time and the mother has agreed to try. We all gather around to witness this momentous event. The child is seated and a bib is fitted around his neck. There is a bowl and a spoon. Liam is going to eat his first solid food! It started with a very little bit of rice cereal which was mixed with some milk to form a very runny Pro-Nutro like mixture. Emily had the spoon and, following the doctor's advice, was going to att...

This week I discovered how hard looking after a child really is and I can safely say that I do not want one of my own any time soon! For the last three days and two nights I was in charge of baby Liam. It was my job to ensure that he was fed, clothed, entertained, clean and happy for 60 hours in a row. Day one went down without a hitch, after all both Liam and I like to play during the day, it was when the evening started that I began to realise how hard a mot...

I have never really felt like a real runner. I have always just been a mildly overweight and slightly insecure girl who would occasionally have a "get fit" or "loose weight" phase. This is when I would attempt to drag my screaming, protesting body around the block (about 5 minutes after I had started, my lungs would be failing me and my face would be blood red - I would then have to walk much of the way home again!) I have never really felt...

Today I spent the day in the sun with a hammer in my hand. I was on the top of a house helping to build its roof. I was at a habitat house build - my first. Over the next three days Emily's church has its annual Serve Everybody weekend. The aim of this project is for the church to give back to the community in a way that is constructive and positive. They have identified four areas within the Fort Lauderdale community - habitat for Humanity, poverty & ho...