My Definition of a Perfect Relationship

Imagine you are in this kind of relationship: You and your significant other are "lovey-doveys" that you always agree with each other and have never had a disagreement about anything. You don't stir each other up. "stir somebody up" means to deliberately try to cause arguments or bad feelings between people. Longman Dictionary You both never …

Caring for and Working with Children who may have ADD or ADHD

Image Source   There is a child in our preschool that we seem to have difficulty working with. This child does not seem to be able to focus on an activity for any length of time. Regardless of any activity, he just can't sit still or be engaged for even two minutes. He will start …

When God doesn’t answer my prayers, it doesn’t mean He’s absent

After work today, I was approached by a fellow teacher, whom I fondly call Auntie K. because she's a lot older than me and in her 60's. I love that Auntie K. is a mother-figure to me. I love her with all my heart. She always wants to connect with me, asks how I am …

Bushwalk Fun and Adventure with the Children

It was a cold morning. I wanted to stay in bed for a little bit more. I snoozed my alarm about 10 times, I think, from 6:15 to 7:10 AM, and in between snoozes, I still managed to sleep. But of course, eventually, I had to get up and get ready for work. Luckily, I …

My Thoughts on Confiding in Someone

It's never a nice feeling to find out that everyone knows your business and that's after you told someone about your problem. It actually breaks your heart. When you trust someone, you trust that you can open up to them and expose your own vulnerabilities, but at the back of your mind, you also don't …

One Thing my Father Taught Me

Today, when I opened my Facebook, this image on the left was the first on my news feed. My friend asked us about one thing our dads taught us. Unfortunately for her, she did not have a good relationship with her father. She wished she had, but even on his last breath, her dad did …

Taking Care of my Home

In one of my previous posts, I explained that even with the world's best and most ideal environment, there was still a need to 'work it and take care of it.' This environment needs to be regularly and properly maintained. I am referring to the Garden of Eden, which to me is a symbolic representation of"  …

(Not) Tending the Garden

Have you ever thought that the Garden of Eden was a place of perfection, a sanctuary of balance and harmony and a utopian paradise? I thought everything in the Garden was like magical. Trees would grow and bear fruit by themselves. Animals coexisted with one another, for example, wolves and sheep would eat and drink …

A Stronger Bond with my Sister

I can't remember what I was feeling or what I was going through at that exact moment when I wrote this poem in August 2006. All I know is that I was too far away from God and I did not want to go to church at all. I was in a very bad place, so …

Benefits of Physical Activity to Young Children

Children need exercise, lots of physical movements, music and more time outdoors. They should be given more opportunities to develop their physical skills, such as locomotor, stability or balance and manipulative, in order to achieve their maximum potential. Locomotor skills include running, walking, jogging, skipping, sprinting. Stability skills include balancing, jumping. Manipulative skills include throwing, …

Saying Yes or No: Some Important Lessons on Setting Boundaries

Image SourceFont by Divide by Zero   Have you ever been contacted by anyone via Messenger or Whatsapp, either by a distant relative, or a classmate from way back primary or high school years, or a work colleague, and all of whom you were never really close with or have never actually had any connection …

Acknowledging the Positive and Negative in my Life

  When #ulog, initiated by @surpassinggoogle came about, I did not jump on the bandwagon straight away because of "fear of the unknown." It's a territory that I did not want to explore because I thought to myself, "my life is a bit boring, just normal routine every day, I don't know anything that is really fabulous about …

“How the Cockatoo Met its Demise”: A Lesson on Friendship

Barossa Valley, South Australia Photo by @evlachsblog Have you read or heard the story about the farmer/winegrower who was being pestered by a flock of crows in his vineyard every day? Well, the story goes like this: The farmer's vineyards were getting destroyed by these pesky crows on a daily basis, so he decided he had …

Respect Every One Even if You Can’t

Image Source  Are you struggling to respect a particular person right now? What do you do to overcome or to get rid of such strong feelings against anyone? Or do you just completely ignore your feelings and keep it to yourself? I understand that it can be difficult at times to respect others. Sometimes we …

Parents Alert: “What to do if your child is always competing for attention”

Children have an insatiable need for attention. It's probably due to the constant praises and recognition they received from the time they were born or the lack thereof. First time they utter a word, roll over, crawl, stand on their own, or communicate what they want, parents and other people in their lives are immediately …

Praying for Personal Safety

Image from Pixabay  The world has become a scarier place as the years go by. The daily news programs talk mostly about crimes and terrorism - all those crimes that people commit against one another. We no longer feel safe. Even in our own neighbourhood, we can't really trust the people around us. We have …

The “Monica Geller” Side of Me

Image Source   Over the weekend I had to go to school to do some tidying up in our resource-slash-storage room. I figured it had to be done since not everyone was keen to do it. What happened was that towards the end of school in December last year, we had to move all our resources, …

Trust God’s Plan in All Circumstances

Sometimes I wonder if God had answered all my prayers when I was young, would I be where I am right now? Would I still have met my husband along the way? Would my life be any different? The Bible says in Psalm 84:11 (New International Version): For the Lord God is a sun and …

Have you considered writing down your dreams (not just your goals or aspirations, but your ACTUAL DREAMS)?

A few months ago, I had a dream, and I could still vividly remember what it was. I was driving with Jodie Foster (obviously, it's a dream!) on the highway near a forest, then accidentally, we witnessed a crime, a mass murder by a gang but they were not aware we were there. The two …

The Balanced Wheel of Life: Building Life Towards Destiny

“Plan for the future because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life.” Emphatically, this quotation rings true on my part. When I was a little girl, I dreamt of becoming a teacher one day. So I told myself that in order for me to achieve this dream, I had to …