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Freelance #writer, #brushcalligraphy artist, speaker, podcaster, book hoarder. Mum. #Lettering, creating & stumbling through life @ findingjoy.com.au

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This morning, we streamed Mass from our local parish. I loved it. It wasn't the same as being in the church building (except my 3yo was equally loud and distracting 😜😝), but it was really beautiful knowing that around the world, millions of Catholics are doing the same in their homes; praying together, listening to the scriptures together, and joining in spiritual communion with our global family. We even got Eddoes to play opening and recessional songs on his guitar. 🎶❤ We haven't sung together like that in ages and it was lovely (even though we're both rusty). As crazy and challenging as this time has been, I treasure this opportunity to be 100% responsible for sharing our faith and traditions with my children. It's not easy (they whinge.. a LOT) but I did that as a kid whenever my dad made us pray the Angelus, the Rosary, or the Divine Mercy chaplet. Now, I can't thank my parents enough for the foundation of faith they formed in my family. Last night, Mr 8 logged into Zoom and prayed the Rosary with his cousins. 🥰 I hope when they're older, they're able to look back at this as a special time, despite the difficulties.
#SundayMass #familytime #faith

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Tonight, I asked my 7 year old how he was feeling. Is he ok (because on the surface he appears to be) or is there something on his mind he wanted to talk about?
He told me was worried. We heard today there's been another confirmed case of Covid-19 just one suburb away, where his Lolos and Lolas live. He wasn't worried about catching it himself, he was worried about an adult that he knows catching it, because he knows it'll be harder for them to heal if they do. He asked me, “Where is the sick person, Mum? How do we know they aren't going to make other people sick?” And that's just it, isn't it? We don't know the answer to that. I told him that person is hopefully getting treatment somewhere in isolation, and we should pray they recover soon.
I didn't tell him that we don't know who they came in contact with before they developed symptoms or were tested. We don't know if those people went to Woolies on the way home, to the gym, out to dinner, or to a friend's house over the weekend.
There are a lot of unknowns with this virus. But the one thing we DO know is the best way to manage the risk of spreading it is to limit the number of people we are in contact with daily. As someone with family and friends working in the frontline or at high risk should our health system buckle as we brace for flu season, I am BEGGING you - please flatten the curve.
Today, I read two stories that made me tear up. One was a post from a doctor in a Sydney hospital who had to intubate a 40-something yr old Covid-19 patient within 24 hours of his diagnosis. Second, an Australian woman whose relative in Italy lost her life to the virus. Her family couldn't say goodbye. They will not be holding the funeral service she deserves.
Many of us are mourning the loss of something today, and rightly so - it is ok to feel sad and disappointed. But what breaks me is the short-sightedness of so many people. Because Aussies will experience loss far greater as this pandemic gets worse.
How many lives are lost literally depends on how much we are willing to sacrifice today.
So. What price are you willing to pay to save the life of someone you don't know?

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They say falling in love is easy, but staying in love is hard work.
And from what I've known of this first decade of marriage, this is absolutely true. But anything worth keeping is worth working hard for. ❤

To choose love day in and day out, despite the differences and disagreements, the fall-outs and the fear of never knowing what lies ahead... all of it requires the best of you and nothing less. And so I consider myself very lucky that I know without a doubt, my husband does bring his very best to this marriage every single day, and that through this sacramental grace, he brings the best out in me. I pray each day that I can do that for him.

He is the rock that keeps me grounded, the goof that makes me laugh everyday, the hero that our boys look up to, the strength that carries everything I can't and more, the best friend that backs my dreams, and the one who tells me with all the faith of a loyal man of God that we can do anything if we trust in His goodness.
#grateful #10years (almost) 📷 cheesy photo credit to Mr 7 ❤

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Not the worst location to take my first meeting of the day. Sorry to my US team if the tram bells were a bit distracting 😬

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“To love is to will the good of the other.” - St Thomas Aquinas

After a weekend of scrolling through pics of loved up couples, I thought this might be a fitting one to chuck in the mix... for the days / weeks long after the sheen of romance fades, when love gets harder but more meaningful and transforming.

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Sundays. Music is up. Boys are out of the house. Could be folding laundry, cleaning toilets or cooking lunch. Meh. Painting is wayyyy more fun 😊

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I wish my husband watched The Good Place coz this would be my Valentine's Day card fo sho. 😍😜 #thegoodplace #jeremybearimy #legitsnack

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