Day Four #writingchallenge101

Day Four #writingchallenge101

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Life and the Single Christian Girl…………..

 

Topic Today:  A Room with a View (or just a view)

 

My topic today is Room with a View where would I like to go?

Mmmmhhhh a challenging question.

 

There are heaps of places I would like to go.

The first thought was that of Paris sitting on a balcony with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

 

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I haven’t been to Paris yet it is a dream of mine.

 

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So I imagine myself drinking a hot coffee the steam from the coffee swirling up and being caught by the light breeze and drifting away.

I take a sip of my coffee and have a look around.

 

I am intrigued by the culture, by the atmosphere and by the people.

 

I take a deep breath and want this moment to last as long as it can.

It is a beautiful sunny spring day, not to hot and not to cold.

 

It is the perfect weather to learn about Paris.

 

My view is spectacular and I feel blessed to be here.

 

This is my blog for today is challenging, although it’s stretching my imagination.

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

Day Three #writingchallenge101

Day Three #writingchallenge101

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Life and the Single Christian Girl…………..

 

So today’s assignment after I finally found out how it works is to write for 20minutes without stopping.

You have to try and not edit it and just write.

 

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So here goes.

I love a great writing challenge just writing whatever you feel like.

I have really enjoyed today at work and I really love my work.

I have achieved quite a few things.

I signed up for a workshop to be a facilitator for running small groups about grief.  The course is called Seasons for Growth and it’s for children dealing with loss and grief.

I am really excited about attending as it will just add to what I am learning. I love learning, I love studying, I love exploring, I never want to stop learning.

Even at the schools I work in I am always learning heaps from the students.

 

I would also like to study counselling but I think for a moment that it will be on hold.

I am enjoying the freedom of being able to be involved in challenges like this. It is also good to have a break after studying for the last two years.

 

I have really been thinking about going to America for some conference. They are Christian women conference about body image, eating disorders and also just about women.

They are in June and July so I will miss this year.

I am hopeful that I will somehow be able to go next year. My prayer would be to be a speaker at one of the conference that would be amazing.

 

I am really wanting to focus at the moment on speaking and signing.

I really want to make a difference in women and young girls lives.

I am getting there, sharing my testimony in the community. I would love to have the opportunity to speak more and to travel. That would be my dream.

 

To sing, speak, write and travel.

Wow!

 

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So for the moment I will do as much as I can in Western Australia.

It would be great to be invited to even go over east and talk over there. That would be amazing.

 

This is one of my dreams that I will just pray and had it over to God he knows my heart and what I really want to do.

 

He will make a way, He always does.

 

Dream it.

 

So now I have about 15 minutes to go and this is probably where I will just ramble on about anything.

 

So please bear with me.

 

What do I want to get out of this writing challenge?

 

I want to be able to write and not have any blocks.

I want to challenge myself to think about other topics that I might want to write about but am a little apprehensive.

I also want to be able to learn new words and how to describe things in detail.

 

I want to learn as much as I can about writing and to join and network with other writers.

I would like to be able to change the design of my blog and make it different.

I want to try and write for the rest of the year everyday somehow.

Maybe not as long as this post but long enough for people to be engaged in what I have to say.

 

I would like to grow confidently in pushing the publish button and not being afraid of what others may say.

 

I would love to express my thoughts and feelings properly.

 

I would love to be an advocate for others that may not have a voice.

 

I want to write for them to bring awareness to what they are going through.

 

I want to write with a purpose and a passion.

 

I would love to inspire people to reach for their dreams and their goals.

I would love to be able to hear from people and to mentor them along their journey.

 

My hope is that I will be able to notice people who are not noticed.

 

I want to be an encourager.

 

I want to provide a safe place for people who are struggling with an eating disorder.

I want to tell them that they have hope and they can recover.

 

I want them to know that it is hard work but they can do it.

 

I want them to know that they are loved and they have a purpose.

 

My big dream would be able to provide a house for women and young girls coming out of hospital so that they can transition from hospital to home.

 

My dream is to have a safe place for them to recover, It will have clinicians, counsellors, doctors, etc.

 

There will be also an opportunity for art therapy, for drama, for relaxation, for writing, for singing, for exploring their goals.

 

My vision would be to see young girls and women graduate from this having their lives back.

 

They will be able to explore their life and to live it well.

 

Be encouraged.

 

Meanwhile there is a lot to be done.

There is the support group to work on and then where to hold the catch ups.

 

There is the preparation of policies and procedures to develop.

 

There are people to help.

 

Writing this I am really excited and this is my dream.

 

Make it happen.

 

I also for myself want to be sing, I want to be worshipping God in all that I do.

 

I want to leave a legacy.

How amazing will that be?

 

 

Helping others to live their lives.

 

To let them know that they are worthy, valued and loved.

 

Yes challenge completed.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

Day Two #june2014

Day Two #june2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl…………

 

Oh my goodness I love my onesie, it is just so warm and lovely. I wore it last night and I slept well.

 

I did have my sleep in this morning and it was great.

 

Today is my Mum’s birthday and my sister invited us to her house for afternoon tea.

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It was lovely to get together and celebrate Mum’s birthday.

 

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My sister made such a lovely afternoon tea.

 

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Now I am home and am waiting to start my blogging 101 June challenge.

 

I think with the time difference I will be a day behind. The blogging challenge starts on the 2nd June so I will have to check my inbox to see what the topic is about.

 

I will possibly receive my topic on the 3rd June so look out for some interesting new posts.

 

Really looking forward to starting it

 

It is a great time as well being in Winter.

 

Winter I just love being able to come home and create.

 

I really feel that now is the time to step up my writing style and technique.

 

I feel for the moment my style is conversational.

 

It is as if I was sitting with a coffee in my hand and just sharing thoughts and insights into issues that I am passionate about.

 

It would be like we are all in a great coffee shop and just chatting.

 

As you would know that I love coffee, I love really good coffee that is hot.

It has to be hot.

There is nothing worse than catching up for coffee with someone and being served cold coffee.

That is just the way I like my coffee.

 

How do you like your coffee?

 

Do you have a favourite coffee shop or place that you like to have your coffee?

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

Day One June

Day One June

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Life and the Single Christian Girl……….

 

It is the first day of winter today.

 

It was a cold morning, I think that I am going to have to get my onesie on.

 

I have also blogged every day for the past three months.

 

Yeah!

 

I am really enjoying this, thanks to my creative friend for creating the March challenge.

Then I was encouraged to keep on blogging.

 

What has come out of it is, has been a great creative experience.

 

I have developed #spacetocreate which is all about creating my own art.

 

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Also I have created the title Life and the Single Christian Girl which is all about me living my life as best as I can.

 

I am hoping and praying that the title Life and the Single Christian Girl will soon become Life and the Engaged Christian Girl and then later will become Life and the Married Christian Girl.

 

 

There is hope. I will not give up.

 

Nothing is impossible with God, nothing.

 

I am sure that they will be other creative ideas to discover and I cannot wait to see what they will be.

 

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I had a fantastic time last night and it has really motivated me to continue to do what I love doing.

 

I love connecting with people who are making a difference in what they are doing.

 

Inspiring!

 

This has inspired me to keep on speaking, singing, songwriting, writing and generally being creative.

 

I also want to continue to help girls and women who are going through an eating disorder.

 

 

This morning I was so blessed to be in church and I love the worship there. The worship is amazing.

 

Tomorrow is the start of the blogging 101 Challenge.

 

I am not sure what is going to happen, it will be a great adventure.

 

Will share tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

Day Thirty One #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Thirty One #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl……………….

 

I have just arrived home at about 10.30pm ish.

 

It has been a really great day.

 

I did have my much needed sleep in this morning.

 

Loved it!

 

I think that I would love to have a driver, someone that could drive me where I need to go. I have driven quite a lot in the last few days.

 

Just a little dream of mine.

 

 

Anyway………….

 

 

 

Tonight I went up to the lovely church that I attend and we had worship practise.

 

I love worshipping it just brings joy to me.

 

We were rehearsing a new song.

 

After I had finished there I went to a friend’s 50th Birthday Party.

 

It was so lovely to be there, it felt like a small friendly reunion.

 

It was so good to catch up with people that I haven’t seen for a while and all in the one place.

 

 

I love seeing all the people who have somehow made an impact in my life.

 

 

I have included pictures of some amazing women that made such an impact on my Christian journey.

 

 

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I have learnt so much from them, I have gained skills and also have learnt great empathy.

 

I have learnt how to journey with others in their time of need.

 

I am here now because of what they have sown into me.

 

I am here now because of what they did for me.

 

I am here now because of them.

 

They are women who have helped me in their own way.

 

With their gifts and strengths.

 

I am so grateful to know them and to see the amazing things that they are doing in their lives.

 

Words cannot express how much they did for me.

 

I am truly blessed.

 

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

 

Traceyxx

 

Day Thirty #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Thirty #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl………….

 

I am really looking forward to a sleep in tomorrow.

 

Love a good sleep in.

 

This morning my alarm went off and my reaction was nooooo.

 

It’s not that I didn’t want to go to work, I have said before that I love my work.

 

My reason was that I wanted to have a bit of a sleep in.

 

Yesterday was a long day and I really enjoyed the adventure.

 

My calf muscles are a bit sore, it’s all good.  It makes me want to go back and exercise to maintain my fitness.

 

I think though the driving for me was the tiring bit, but I did it and I am really glad that I did.

 

So today I was back at work and it was great.

 

It was also great to share about camp.

 

I am just so amazed at the strength and abilities of all the students that attended.

 

Fears where overcome, skills of living with a group of people and learning to share and clean up after themselves where discovered.

 

They also had to set and prepare for their meals.

Which meant setting tables with forks, knives, spoons, dessert plates, serviettes and adding a nice touch to the tables.

 

 

Also new skills were discovered and I am sure lasting friendships.

 

 

Most of all it is about creating memories.

 

We have a long weekend and I am really looking forward to it.

 

I will be able to read, write, sing and to be creative.

 

I am grateful for the chances that I do get to be creative.

 

I also have some books to read which I am really looking forward too.

 

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I love reading.

 

 

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Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

 

Traceyxx

 

Day Twenty Nine #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Twenty Nine #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl…………..

 

Life is an adventure……………..

 

It really is.

 

Today I woke up at 5am as I was going for the day to a school camp.

 

I am not very good at driving on country roads.

 

I also have a terrible sense of direction, I really do.

 

This time I found where I needed to go quite easily.

 

My journey started in the dark before the sun even had risen.

 

When I try new things my saying is it’s an adventure I am not sure what is going to happen.

 

Life is an adventure.

 

I did enjoy today, driving to the country.

 

Waiting for Kangaroos to cross the road, one sat there for a while eating. So I embraced the moment and watched it.

 

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It is something different for me.

 

Today was full of laughing, caring and seeing people grow.

 

See people facing new challenges and for them to develop the skills to work through them.

 

Seeing them go through a challenge of trying to work together, learning about teamwork.

 

 

 

My biggest challenge wait for it ——– was riding on the back of a motorbike up the steepest hill and totally trusting the driver.

 

Oh my goodness, it was fun but so scary.

 

So now I am home reflecting on what an amazing day it was.

 

 

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I also drove home quite confidently, although I don’t know how people can drive in the country. 

 

I personally don’t like it but I have done it and made it home safely. Yeah!

 

I am so loving, what I am able to do in my life.

 

The opportunities that I am able to have, I am so grateful for them.

 

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It has really stretched me and I am soooooo out of my comfort zone.

Every day is such a new day full of great opportunities.

 

 

Embrace each day.

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

 

Traceyxx

Day Twenty Eight #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Twenty Eight #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl………….

 

Today I have signed up for a WordPress blog challenge that starts in June.

 

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They send you an email with a topic/suggestion and then you are to write about it.

 

You are sent a topic/suggestion each day and on Saturday and Sunday they are your days off.

You can also choose any topic that you would like to write about.

You also have the opportunities on the weekend to expand on your posts during the week.

 

I am really looking forward to this and I love a challenge.

 

This is the first time that I have signed up to complete a blogging challenge.

 

Although I did start in March with a challenge from my friend to write everyday for the whole of the month.

 

 

I did complete this because there were a lot of people that were doing different things for the 30 day challenge.

 

I find it very inspiring being with creative people.

 

 

So I am not really sure what I am in for with the June challenge but it does sound exciting.

 

I am really enjoying blogging everyday although I must admit sometimes I do struggle with what to write about.

This has stretched me into becoming a bit creative about ideas.

 

I have seen on Pinterest (my favourite site for ideas and quotes) which shows how some people have a schedule for how they blog.

 

There are templates which you can download to help you manage your blogs.

 

I think that this maybe something that I will look into as it can only enhance what I am doing. 

 

It will also be a reminder for what I have written about over the year.

 

As I have said before that I am a list girl.

 

So I am thinking that having ideas written down and brainstorming for the months will be great.

 

I feel that I am still learning so much about writing, what is my style, what do I want to write about, what am I passionate about?

 

Also I am getting better at hitting the publish button on my blog site.

 

The first few times oh my goodness I did not want to publish anything.

Is it getting easier now, a little bit still unsure.

 

I want to keep on learning and I love learning.

 

I also want to continue with taking pictures everyday of things that I see.

 

I am also still learning about taking pictures and I know this year I have taken so many.

 

This is great as well, I can just look back on things and it is really a photographic journal.

 

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Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

Day Twenty Seven #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Twenty Seven #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl………….

 

I have really enjoyed exploring different styles of writing and creating with letters.

I enjoy coming home from work, getting into my pyjamas and then working on my art. It’s like the pyjamas give me permission to go into the creative mode.

 

I know that when I put on my pyjamas, I will be staying home for the night. It also means that I can just stay and work on anything that inspires me at the moment.

 

I love that I have just a few things to try and focus on this term.

 

I say a few but then you never know what will happen and I am okay with that.

 

It is all good. Really it is.

 

Art and songwriting are two of the things that I really want to work on.

 

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Today it rained and boy did it pour.

It was good though, we really need the rain.

 

Although when it does rain especially at lunchtime and at a school, the students really can’t get out and have a good play.

 

So today they had to make do with playing in the undercover areas.

 

Tomorrow I will be starting again the art club which I run at Wednesday’s lunchtime. I am going to be working on designing different ways to write words and letters.  Should be good as that is want I really would like to focus on at the moment.

 

It is really nice to be home and just having the space to create. I am enjoying taking things a bit slowly when I arrive home.

 

Tonight I will be creating, reading  and watching Masterchief.

 

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Oopps I have said it now.

 

I really do enjoy some reality TV shows. I don’t really watch that much TV it is pretty much on in the background for me.

 

So can you have a pyjama creative time?

 

Do you have a place in your house where you can create?

 

Enjoy what you are doing, give it a go. 

 

You will never know what you can achieve and what you will discover when you are creating.

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Twenty Six #makingadifferenceinmay2014

Day Twenty Six #makingadifferenceinmay2014

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Life and the Single Christian Girl…………..

 

The last few days I have spent quietly, drawing, reflecting and working on being creative.

 

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I have been thinking about what I want to work on this term and about balancing life and work.

 

I have decided for this term that I am going to get back into boxing.

 

That I have really felt inspired to write some worship songs and also to work on my book Princess Heart.

 

 

 

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I have been feeling a bit like I am in a fog lately and really couldn’t think what was wrong with me or why I didn’t have much energy.

 

 

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So today I went to the Doctors to see the results from my blood test and have found out that my iron is very low.

 

So no wonder I was feeling a bit down and not that motivated about things.

 

I knew that it had to be related to low iron.

 

So hopefully in the next few weeks my energy will pick up and I will find myself thinking clearly.

 

Also I will be able to get out and do the things that I really love.

 

At the moment I am feeling like I am walking with concrete as shoes. That is how I can describe having low iron.

 

This is easily fixed and I am grateful for being able to see a Doctor and have access to healthcare.

 

I am also grateful for the time that I have had to work on my art, to write down and record some lyrics for songs.

 

I am also reading an amazing book which is called The Jesus Hearted Woman. It is all about women in leadership.

 

I know that we are all in a leadership role whatever we are doing. People are watching us.

 

I know that the schools I work at I want to be a role model for the students, to give them hope.

 

 

I look at every single student and see their potential.

I want to give them hope and let them know that they can achieve great things.

 

Who can you encourage today?

 

How are you going to encourage them?

 

Can you do a random act of kindness for someone today?

 

This week I am going to look on purpose to encourage someone who really needs it.

 

Will share more tomorrow.

 

Loves and Hugs

 

Traceyxx