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Tomorrow I'm going back to where it all started, my home town of #Ararat.
Wow! There are some memories within that town - a few bits and pieces of Breakfast With You are based around my childhood memories.
Ararat marks my last stop on this book tour, and it felt right to make it so because it's where I grew up.
I'll be at the Ararat Library at 10 am tomorrow (Saturday 14th May) and I can't wait to have a chat with everyone.
While I'm in Ararat - after the event - I'm going to take you for a 'walk through my home town' and show you some special places, and some special people. I've been told there will be wine involved!!! 💖
Back to the beginning we go! 🤩
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Today marks the first day of 2021 and I'm beginning it by 'just taking 5'. That's right, no grand New Year resolution to lose a million kilos or make a bazillion dollars.
This year my main focus as a mother and a wife is to remind myself and my family of the importance of rest, not just lying in bed until midday rest - true rest. The rest that leaves you satisfied and happy in the moment of now.
I think Mia (our Rottweiler) is rather happy with this decision.
Happy 2021 everyone!
]]>I can feel your hackles bristling and see your brows furrowing, so let me explain... We were young parents, I was 19 when I had my first bubba boy which money was not in plentiful supply.
Something we noticed was the lack of enduring enjoyment with toys, it seemed after working our butts off for an entire year to purchase the presents they wound up at the bottom of the toy box after a few months. To us that was just lunacy.
So, we piled the kids in the car, shoved a tent in the boot, filled a few boxes with delicious treats an roared off to the beach!
This Christmas our kids are 13&10 and the topic of discussion is not what presents we'll be buying or how will be deal with extreme financial hardship after the silly season has passed, our discussions include what new places we'll visit and what incredible memories we'll make.
Covid has certainly put a damper on our potential expeditions this year, but we know that no matter what direction we set off in, an adventure will ensue.
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I'm not stranger to facebook blogging, so this shouldn't bother me - at all. But if I'm being honest this feels strange. It feels less connected than social media, perhaps it is, or perhaps this is a side effect of our highly 'logged on' lives that we all now live.
Either way, this marks the beginning of a new journey, a journey I have put off and postponed for years. Why, you ask? Well, because I was scared. What if creating this website, writing this blog and sending out newsletters ends catastrophically bad? What if no one likes what I have to say? What if I fail?
Over the last many years I have come to understand something; there is no such thing as failure, simply learning alternate ways to succeed.
Let the learning begin!
J.S. Davidson xxx
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