My Insta Life Part 12 So why my Insta Life? I got the inspiration to use this title for the first section of my blog because I have been challenged about the similarity to the challenge that people have today with not ‘feeling’ they are enough. So many people live their lives vicariously on Social …
My Insta Life Part 11
My life took a completely different direction to the one I had planned. I had applied to Bible College in Canada. I had an apartment to live in. I had a car. Everything had fallen in to place and I had my life all planned out. Just before I left to come back to Australia, …
My Insta Life Part 10
The Canadian National flag set against the Rocky Mountains of Banff National ParkCanada I was on tour in Canada and I got extremely ill. I wasn’t able to travel. A family from the church we had just been booked to perform in, offered to take me in and look after me. I was grateful, they …
My Insta Life Part 9
I was having such a great time travelling. Our home base was in Adelaide and we had just completed 2 months of intensive training. Now I was headed out on tour to Queensland. On the way there we called in to my home and I got to spend some time with my grandparents. I ran …
Holidays……..
Holidays I am writing to you today from this beautiful holiday location. As you know all of this writing a blog is new to me....... and so I totally forgot to schedule posts for you all to read. I did simply want to say that I am sorry I have missed a whole week, but …
My Insta Life Part 8
Because I met a boy…… It is at this juncture here, I was reintroduced to the church (I used to go to Sunday School).  This guy was pretty amazing and he went to church every Sunday and was involved in a youth group.  It was pretty strange, at first, but I liked him and remember …
My Insta Life Part 7 (Trigger)
Not me.... The truth came out that on the night the attempted rape occurred, I had been drinking at a local hotel. I was charged with underage drinking. I was hauled into the local Police Station where they gave me a stern talking to and I was put on 3 months of probation. Part of …
My Insta Life Part 6 (Trigger)
The problem with lying is that you tell one but you have to have a very good memory. You have to remember what you have told people otherwise, you get in to all kinds of trouble. Then, if you have told a lie and someone wants to pursue the story – you have to tell …
My Insta Life Part 5
If you are still with me, I am so grateful that you have made it this far. My life was a real mess and I was a desperately lonely child just wanting to be loved and accepted as my slightly overweight, awkward self and I never felt I was. I guess the question you may …
My Insta Life Part 4
What does this 16 year old do when you realize something isn’t quite right with life. The thing is you aren’t sure what is wrong but you know something has got to change. I was a teenager, with no ‘real’ friends. I didn’t know what to do. As much as I wanted to finish school …
Captivating Freedom 