Category: Motherhood and Additional Needs
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The Mustard Seed Mum: When Grief Catches Up With You
I cried in a café. It caught me completely off guard. But that’s grief for you. It turns up when it wants to with no warning – and apparently with no tissues. As I was waiting for my husband to finish ordering, I sat down at a table with some…
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5 reflections from my hospital bed
In the last few months I have spent some time in hospital as an inpatient. The first time I was in for just over two weeks in April for my stem cell transplant. The second was for a couple of days or so in June as I had pneumonia. As…
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The Mustard Seed Mum: When Mummy’s Sick
I’m not a mummy blogger with Pinterest boards of fun activities to do, Instagram stories of days out with my two little ones or a YouTuber with life advice on how to survive those early months and years. The Mustard Seed Mum is just my corner to reflect on motherhood…
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An Interview with Bonnie S. Hirst – On Surviving Her Daughter’s Life Sentence
Hi Bonnie – welcome to the blog and thank you so much for coming to share your story today. How did you come to faith in Jesus? The summer of my sixth-grade year, I attended a church camp and while singing Kum Ba Ya around the campfire, I accepted Christ…
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An Interview with Lucy Rycroft – Author of ‘Redeeming Advent’, blogger at The Hope-Filled Family & GIVEAWAY!
I’m very excited to interview author and blogger Lucy Rycroft as part of her blog tour celebrating the release of her brand new Advent devotional ‘Redeeming Advent’. I’ve been reading Lucy’s blog ‘The Hope-Filled Family’ for a while now and it’s really wonderful to have this talented writer on my…
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Changing direction
Autumn is here. The chill in the air, the darker evenings and, in my case, the desire to do some baking that includes a touch of cinnamon, has got me all cosy. Spice and all things nice, knitted jumpers, spiced apple scents and slipper socks. Welcome Autumn, with your beautiful,…
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The God Who Sees Us
Have you ever felt unnoticed? Me too. In the day-to-day tasks of everyday life, especially in the busyness of being a parent, I have found myself at times wondering if what I do matters. Do I even matter? My thoughts, struggles, frustrations, joys and everything else about me at times…
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What Real Success Looks Like
Success started in the classroom. When I came home from school with certificates, it felt good. Throughout school I wanted to do well and was ready to take on whatever challenge I could academically. This desire to achieve continued through university where I graduated with a First Class honours degree.…
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The Mustard Seed Mum: Milestones
It’s hard to believe I have an 18 month old. I haven’t written much about motherhood for a while, but I am hoping to write a bit more on this part of life. The topic that has been on my heart and mind recently is milestones. The majority of infants…
Ruth Clemence 
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