Dreaming Wide Awake

Awaken the childlike wonder that has slowly dimmed over the years while you have ploughed the ground as a modern woman. Bring your children along with you and venture into the horizon of these fables to discover the field which holds the ‘pearl of great price’.

The world of our imagination does not always adhere to the gravity of the one we live.

Let yourself dream again of beautiful possibilities, unveil the secrets of the unseen realm, and be reminded that there is another dimension hidden behind all the dishes and chores and tasks of the everyday—one that eternity will render.

About the author
My husband Ben and five children live in a golden brick house with a white picket fence in Toowoomba, ‘The Garden City’ in Queensland, Australia.

I have always contemplated the world through a microscopic lens, often trying to find deeper meaning in what I see and experience. I love peeling back the layers, finding the very presence and love of God in it all, and then putting it to paper. I feel the most like myself when I have a creative project in my mind and at my fingertips. Over the years it has looked like many things—wedding dress designing, a graphic design business specialising in wedding stationery, photography, and designing graphic tee-shirts with biblical meanings. Each creative endeavour has led me to the next.

I think though, that the destination was always meant to be here—with the pen in my hand, dreams in my head, and an empty page beckoning me. It is a true gift in this season of growing and establishing my young family to have this opportunity to write. It has become not only a creative project, but a respite amongst the normal rhythms of days at home with my little ones. I am able to tell of the things that I have seen, felt, and experienced. I am able to get alongside others to cheer them on, offer refreshment, encouragement, and a little camaraderie.