Here, in the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand, summer seems to have finally arrived. So much for global warming; it’s...

BUT, that morning in verse 20, I saw something that I'd never seen before - "And the Fourth Row, a Beryl, an Onyx and a Jasper."

"As well as providing endless amounts of laughter with his cheeky quips and mischievous antics, my husband has other talents"...

Divorce, it's impact and the church.

Since the release of my blog about Stan’s heart attack, he has been receiving so messages of ‘get well soon.’

Stan's Heart Attack and the impact of trauma

Hello Jenny, It’s nice to hear from you again. Your question about our early years of being married caused me to think for a while,...

Thank you so much for enquiring about how my hand is healing. I am doing well, and am overjoyed that I have been given back the use of...

THE BOOK OF STAN’ISMS! For the last six months, I’ve been busy writing about Stan and I – the book of Stan'isms. All about the funny...

Dear Jenny, Thank you for your emails. I am humbled that you have reached out to me and shared your heart. Marriage is not easy. When we...

"I lost, I lost myself, I lost my husband, I lost my marriage"

My dear Reader, It’s summer, a time of relaxing, swimming and barbecues. The time where our vitamin D reserves are stocked up before we...

On my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/theauthorJustine) and Instagram, I’ve been telling my stories of family traditions, of what...

In 2003, Stan flew off to Minnesota and Wisconsin to meet family he didn’t know he had – I’ll blog about that another time. But while he...

Someone asked me a question about my book A STONE IN MY SANDAL, and the question kept me awake last night, because it was a really good...

Several years ago, I picked a book up. And couldn’t put it back down again. I sat there and read it cover to cover, then started to read...

It’s been a roller-coaster of a few weeks, culminating yesterday in the national elections for New Zealand. Every three years, we get to...

This last weekend, I’ve been incredibly privileged to meet a bunch of people: All of them with one purpose in mind – to tell their story....

LAST WEEK seems to be a muddy haze of anxiety. Our beloved Mr. Polar Monkey was off his food on Monday. By Tuesday he was obviously...

Are you like me? Are you curious and interested in life? I thought I’d give you a walk through a typical day for me. The early mornings...