building families, developing relationships, strengthening communities
From the category archives:
The other day I saw a swag of birds gathered on overhead electric wires. It was an Aha! Moment! (thanks Oprah!) To me those twenty-something birds all perched along the wires, were a snapshot of togetherness, community! Birds of a feather flock together and it is just as true with humans.
Community has always resonated with me – [...]
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Thought of the week…
Call your folks, call your siblings, call your children or call your friends…whether they are one suburb away or living abroad, a phone call always trumps an email.
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For years I’ve wondered why dinner sets, cutlery sets, wine glasses, etc are purchased in equal numbers. Yes, I am aware that you will have guests from time to time and many families are made up of 2, 4, 6 and sometimes 8! Yet to me, packaged in equal sets suggests that it would be [...]
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The dictionary defines perspective as “a way of regarding situations or facts and judging their relative importance”. It’s all about how we look at things and it determines how we react to them. Perspective has the power to change the way we think and feel and how we view the world. Do we focus on [...]
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Sunshine, pink peonies, soft white bunnies and baby chicks. A true Hallmark mother and daughter moment. What? You don’t skip hand in hand along the grassy knoll with your mother? That’s odd, you must be different. Ok, so neither do I, but I am grateful to have a solid relationship with my mum which I [...]
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I have always endeavoured to teach my daughter to be comfortable in her own skin. To like what she likes; to speak what’s on her mind; to value what she sees in the mirror; to be open to differing perspectives, but not to be ruled by them.
Another quote we often throw around is: “It’s not [...]
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Welcome back Family Room friends. We trust you enjoyed an eggs-traordinary Easter (surely we are allowed one egg pun!) and found our seasonal tips and ideas useful in creating a memorable family event.
This week, we are turning our attention to the world of teenagers and how that looks from both a parent’s and a child’s [...]
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Continuing our Family Night theme, Family Room friend Kym Cross has agreed to share her thoughts with us. Mum-of-three Kym is a people person who loves to gather friends and family around her. She loves life and loves to laugh. Sit back and enjoy her enthusiastic take on Family Night …
Family dinner has existed in [...]
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Hi! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Beck, Michaela’s flatmate, a 26-year-old single girl living in the gorgeous city of Melbourne.
I have moved many times in the last few years. Growing up in a small country town with high unemployment and no option for further study, I had no choice but to [...]
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I have listened for years to my various girlfriends talk about Family
Night at their homes and the hilarity and great memories that seem to
be involved. My little family of four has always enjoyed Friday night pizza
night, with movies, popcorn and dessert which we observe like a
ritual, but since moving house recently, giving us a lot [...]
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