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August 1, 2023

One week in Kyushu with kids – slow, local and nature-filled

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Random dump of moments from the first week of scho

Random dump of moments from the first week of school. Soaking in the moments: breakfasts with the kids, mornings doing lessons with the eldest, and lots of down time in the afternoons after everyone’s done with school. Much of which is so familiar from the pre-holiday chaos. Plus a few new things.

A few more weeks of this before life changes again. We are excited. 🐣

How are you preparing your home to usher in the Ne

How are you preparing your home to usher in the New Year? In a season with lots of “more”, keeping things simple is sometimes the best way to go.

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Cover photo is from my second pregnancy, because o

Cover photo is from my second pregnancy, because one thing I do need to do more of this time is take photos for documentation. 🙃

There is always room to grow in every season, and this time around, here are some lessons I’m learning.

It’s a season of less — energy, ability, income, flashy experiences.
But it’s also a season of more — time, headspace, presence, quietness.

Learning to treasure up these things, anticipating what is to come. 🌱

9 years ago you said we’d get free fireworks every

9 years ago you said we’d get free fireworks every anniversary. Since that time, our family has grown, and Singapore’s skyline has changed.

But as we look back on that special day with the kids alongside now, pointing out people they recognise and love, I’m again reminded that our marriage isn’t just about the two of us, and that one of the greatest blessings is the community we get to journey through life with together. Preaching the gospel to one another through daily life, and living it out, imperfectly, together.

I’m thankful that our bridal party weren’t just MVPs on our wedding day, but in the years since, have been with us through ups and downs, navigating career, family life, faith, adulting, and so much more. (thanks friends 😘)

In the lead-up to our wedding I remember being struck by the mystery of the Trinity, how three persons can exist as one, and how the oneness of marriage would be a shadow of that mystery.

9 years on, and particularly in the most recent year, I’ve come to catch a glimpse of that mystery unfolding — how leaning in to our differences have brought us together even more. As newlyweds, we were very much similar — recent graduates, working corporate jobs, with similar demographics of friends. There was a desire to keep pace with one another, to find oneness in our sameness. But now, we play distinctly different roles, yet, in being more different we have become more whole.

What an adventure! And God-willing, it’s only just begun ❤️

I love the seasons. I love how there are always

I love the seasons.

I love how there are always so many beautiful and meaningful things we can do, and how I never get to do everything that I hope to.

I love how I am reminded of my own finiteness and pride, and in that, am pointed to the lavishness of the grace bestowed upon me.

I love how we always have the next year to try again, and also, how God is unchanging yesterday today and forever.

I love how each year we can come back to the same traditions, and watch the gospel unfold in the ordinary spaces of our messy lives.

Jesus brought the upside-down kingdom, and this Christmas, I hope you experience how turning things upside-down is how we can better see right-side-up. That He invites us, asking nothing of us, but that we come.

Blessed Christmas, from our home to yours! 🕯️

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