My Mission

My mission is to love the Lord with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength- and to be obedient to His call to serve His flock. As a diabetes health writer, I live this out by walking alongside my fellow diabetics helping them steward their health with grace, purpose, and intention.

Grace, Purpose and Intention

Those three words underpin everything I write.

Grace is the kindness you extend to yourself in the moments it doesn’t go to plan. Purpose is knowing why something works, which is what carries you through a hard day when willpower alone can’t. Intention is the small deliberate choice made even before the day has begun.

What that looks like on a daily basis for me:

Grace is an everyday practice. Nothing ever really goes to plan every single moment of every single day, but what does help is the purpose and intention behind what I eat. Lunch and snacks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the same. Tuesday and Thursday are the same. What fills those slots changes week to week so the nutrients are varied.

This system began when I needed to leave the house on a workday with my lunch in hand, having already had a filling healthy blood sugar friendly breakfast with the family. Easier said than done sometimes.

Good planning and fewer decisions leaves more room for everything else, and in my life, there is plenty else. The homestead, the orchard and the garden, the animals, part-time work, exercise, school drop-offs & pick-ups then often activities and sport. Bible study, church, socialising and enjoying life almost felt secondary to the daily hustle - something had to change.

With so much going on, simplifying meal planning meant I eat better and therefore my blood sugar and energy levels are steadier. Most of the week, I’m also planning dinners, so that has helped too. Life and the unplanned gets in the way sometimes, so in my view, 80% is good enough and the rest will sort itself out. If you're interested in how I do my meal planning, boy have a got a good eBook for you, and it's free!

Praise God for the bodies we have been given.

They are worth looking after.