When Life Interrupts- introducing Jenny Madalo

I am so sorry for all the silence and tumble weeds you have encountered in this blog lately without any explanation.  The simple reason has been that life interrupted. Six days ago we were blessed with the birth of our first child – Jenny Madalo (Madalo means Blessings in Chichewa).  During the period waiting for [...]

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When too much information is a scary thing

Last night was the first night of antenatal classes. Seven couples gathered in a dimly lit room in the hospital with wind chime music tinkling in the background. Each couple expressing their nervousness and excitement about the immanent arrivals. As the evening progressed past the deep breathing exercises (which nearly caused me to sleep except [...]

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Trusting 2012

  I’m a bit of a scaredy cat really. You’ll not find me bungee jumping or even jumping from the highest diving board. I will do everything possible to avoid taking part in a ‘Trust Fall’. But I think my issue is not heights, my issue is control and trust. I like to be safe [...]

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Don’t break the Baby!

    Last week I went for a check up and got to see a glimpse of Baby Soko again. This is the third scan now and each time she is proving to be camera shy. For the ‘big scan’ at 20 weeks she wrapped herself in a ball and refused to budge – to [...]

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Pink or Blue??

  I have a bit of a dilemma – not a life or death one – more of a ‘is it boy or is it a girl one’. You see we are expecting our first baby in March and amongst all the excitement there is one question that keeps rearing its head. ‘Do you know [...]

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Gold fish & Happy Endings

We didn’t have many pets when I was small – we had James the escapologist Labrador who went to live on a farm, a tribe of stick insects who ended up massacred by accidental poisoning and a few gold fish. One particular gold fish met a spectacular end. Mum came home one day from work [...]

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Anyone There??

Have you ever had days when it seems like God is far off and your prayers seem to bounce of the ceiling? Sometimes lately I have been feeling so small and frankly a bit unnoticed – like everybody is busy with their own plans and dreams and I am just treading water. I know it [...]

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The One who sees me.

I watched a determined little boy of about 4 years old squeeze his way through row after row of chairs on Sunday morning during the worship. Eventually he worked his way close to the front of the church and stood with a massive grin looking up at an old man who was worshipping. I watched [...]

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Detective Novels, Harold Camping and time

  There seems to be a common thread in the conversations in our house – time. We are both getting older and many of the things we thought we would accomplish by now haven’t happened yet. PhDs are unwritten, babies not yet born, job with prospects not yet acquired. Both of us are getting grey [...]

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DIY, Stubbornness and waiting

Like my mum I’m a bit stubborn- I like to do things myself, not necessarily because I think I can do it well but just because I want it done there and then, rather than waiting. Over the Easter holidays I ventured solo into the world of flat pack furniture. We now have a lovely [...]

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