i am an 80s child. My mum and dad were hippies and met picking tobacco. Together they found christ, married and i was welcomed a year later. i am the eldest and only girl with three brothers. we moved around a lot, i am a farm-girl at heart. at 14 my parents separated and my mum became our sole provider, protector; our everything. she is my hero. i always loved school, photography and music. i grew up playing lots of sport and taking on all that could be offered – jobs, head girl, musician etc. at 17, i left our small town to the ‘big city’ christchurch to attend university. my university days were some of my darkest days but i continued through sickness and challenges, and proudly graduated with a degree in education. starting my teaching career, i became involved with youth work and moved back to my hometown to start a youth group – inspired by the fact that nothing was happening for our young people there. these were some of my most brightest days; now enter my hubby, who joined the team. we started playing tennis, hanging out and began dating, got engaged and married all within a year. we felt led to travel; initially six months in the UK and then onto South Korea where we worked at an international school for four years. in 2012 i became a mama to isaiah and have welcomed bethany in 2016. the best has yet to come!
Awww, thanks for the lovely comment Clare. So cool reading about you and cool that you are joining in xx
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