To family

Hello everyone and happy new year to you all! I hope you have had a great start to the year and my prayer is that the days, weeks and months ahead will exceed all your expectations.

I personally have had a great start to the year - a start that I know will benefit not only myself and family but thefamilyroom as well........ I have had the opportunity to start the year relaxing with my parents and children. As some of you know we reside in Sydney, Australia and my parents live in Canada however this Christmas brought us to the US and my parents were able to come across and be with us. Actually not only my parents but my sister and her family as well, which for me is like medicine to my soul!

I love spending time with my family - it is like being cradled in the arms of your father (some of you may know that feeling when you were a little child and you pretended to fall asleep in the back of the car just so your mum or dad would carry you in - that's the feeling I'm talking about). Through thefamilyroom I hope that we all will endeavour to build strong families that become safe places for those in our care, for those in our world and for ourselves.

Be happy, be strong and be committed to one another. Remember to laugh lots because everything looks better through smiling eyes!

Take care my friends and stay connected through this spot. Make sure you make comments and keep the conversation going.

Have the best day!

Susan xoxo

thefamilyroom Christmas Plan - Week 8

Christmas is almost here....can you believe it? If you've been following our Christmas Plan then you are sailing into the season. If not, don't worry you have some time to catch up.

Enjoy this week and remember doing the simple things now will allow you time to relax on Christmas day and the week that follows.

Week 8 The Wow Factor – I’m Enjoying the Season!

• Buy 4 more gifts.
• Pick-up and decorate tree.
• Enjoy some Christmas movies with the whole family.
• Take a Christmas Sparkle tour of the lights either in your suburb or head into town.


To buy this week:
Cooking Oils
2 bottles of Champagne
2 bottles of soft drink
Garbage bags
Paper towels

Finally, make sure you have fun and remember to breathe....you can do this.

Susan xoxo

Breathe……… Summer holidays are almost here!

Okay so this is just a quick post for everyone preparing for the last day of school (mine being tomorrow). I want you to breathe and know that this is going to be an amazing summer holiday for both the children and yourselves!

Make sure you relax into the holiday season and have heaps of fun. Don’t stress about making every day special because that’s not what is really important. What’s important is that your kids (whatever their age) are able to relax and enjoy a break after a long year.
Take a moment and think back to your summer holidays, your mind probably isn’t full of huge days and you probably don’t remember each one. What you wil most likely remember are things similar to me….things like:

• A full day of swimming
• The sun on your skin
• Whole watermelons being cut and eating the entire thing
• The smell of a bbq
• The smell of freshly cut grass
• Games of hide and seek or spotlight
• Friends over for lazy afternoons
• Corn on the cob
• Fresh fruit
• Ice blocks
• Laughter
• The occasional sunburn….ouch!
• Flies waking you up in the morning when you’re trying to sleep in
• Coconut oil
.....and so much more...

You see summer holidays weren’t always packed full of adventure. Rather, most of our time was spent discovering life in the back yard, through conversations with family and friends whilst our legs dangled across an outdoor setting as we madly swatted away flies and mosquitoes.

So friends make sure you enjoy yourself, be creative and allow the tight ropes of our yearly schedules to be loosened and enjoy as many laughs as you can over the next few weeks. These are the memories that will last a lifetime.

Have the best day.

Susan xoxo