"When words failed me, laughter carried us, a reminder that joy often arrives where language cannot reach..."

Theme: Connection, healing, and the power of laughter.

"I burst into church like a celebrity making a grand entrance, only to realise an hour later I was in the wrong denomination entirely..."

Theme: Faith, belonging, and the humour of wrong turns.

"I could write stories for the world, but when it came to my own worth, the words fell silent..."

Theme: Self-doubt, worthiness, and reclaiming your voice.

"Tonight I danced on an Indonesian beach like no one was watching, and remembered the moment I was terrified I'd lose her again..."

Theme: Finding your authentic self.

"On life’s fault lines, I learned that courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s choosing presence when everything shakes..."

Theme: Crisis, courage, and standing steady in uncertainty.

"Beginning again isn't weakness, Gran. It's rebellion in its quietest form..."

Theme: Starting over after major setbacks.

"When death stops everything, the world keeps moving: yet you’re left holding the silence, learning to breathe again in its shadow..."

Theme: Grief, faith, and the fragile courage to keep going.

"Watching piglets weep for their mother, I saw my own ache mirrored, the bittersweet art of letting daughters go..."

Theme: Motherhood, grief, and the wisdom of animals.

"If raising ‘naughty daughters’ means raising women who question, rebel, and carve their own paths, then may the world be full of them..."

Theme: Motherhood, rebellion, and raising fearless daughters.

"Home is not just where you arrive, but where you finally feel you belong, no matter the stage of life..."

Theme: Belonging, identity, and self-acceptance across ages.

"Folding away the life I once knew, I carried only what mattered, the fragile hope of building a new dream..."

Theme: Reinvention, leaving behind, and daring to begin again.