G’day! I’m Melanie.
I’m an Australian mum who started writing here because I needed somewhere to put the thoughts that accumulate when you’re elbow-deep in nappies, school lunches, and the daily miracle of keeping small people alive and (mostly) happy.
This blog has been my little corner of the internet since 2010. It started as a place to process faith and motherhood, and it’s slowly grown into something I never quite planned — a community of people who find comfort in ordinary days and extraordinary grace.
A bit about me
I live in Australia with my husband and our children. We’re a faith-centred family, which means the Bible sits on the kitchen bench alongside the coffee machine and neither gets put away for long. I believe deeply in the power of community, the importance of rest, and the necessity of a very good cup of tea.
I love lists. Big ones. I am that person who writes “make list” as the first item on the list. If you’ve found this site through one of my “101 things” posts, then you know exactly what I mean.
I also love books — the kind that wreck you gently and leave you better than they found you. I review them here when I can find the time between school pickups.
What you’ll find here
- Faith & life — honest reflections on following Jesus in the middle of an ordinary Australian life
- Family — the funny, hard, beautiful work of raising children and being married
- Homemaking — practical ideas for home and family, including free printables you can actually use
- The One Word Challenge — every January I choose one word to guide my year, and I invite others to do the same
- Book reviews — mostly Christian fiction and non-fiction, with occasional forays into anything that catches my eye at the library
The name
The blog is named for Psalm 102:3 — “For my days vanish like smoke… my heart is blighted and withered like grass.” It sounds gloomy, but I find it strangely comforting. These days are short. They matter. I want to pay attention to them.
Thanks so much for being here. Make yourself at home — the kettle’s on.
— Melanie