Fostering family bliss
20 February 11
One of the most wonderful things about travelling as a family is that you discover how much you enjoy the company of your spouse and children. As David and I stand together in love and unity, our children enter a sphere of harmonious relationships where they learn to care properly for each other. It’s a joy to watch.

David and I have been determining to deliberately share the same stories in life. We want to share the same events, be influenced by the same relationships and know each other’s hearts.
For long periods of our marriage, we lived almost separate lives. We shared a house and meals, but the vast chunk of our day was something that we couldn’t share with each other. We had different careers, separate social lives and polarised views on life.
Now we want to live in unity with each other. We want to be completely one mind so our children are secure, our spirits are pure and our hearts are devoted to each other. The best way to start making this reality is by sharing the same influential events, even if they’re just little things.
In a practical sense, this means that we don’t split up the family just for convenience’s sake. Wherever possible, we stay together, shopping together, working together, and sharing our tasks. After we are apart, we deliberately reconnect, sharing what’s been happening and reciting the anecdotes that touched our hearts.

I’m usually close to our camera, so I record our days with photos. But David is the videographer and uses our little Flip to make movies. I truly appreciate it when he videos his adventures to share with me later.
We’ve found that as we pursue this utopian unity, our girls are also loving each other in a special way. One of the best ways I can illustrate this is through this impromptu video David took today while we were briefly apart from each other. He was videoing the girls at the end of a bushwalk when they saw me and Delaney and were joyous to reunite as a family unit.
1 · LoriM · 22 February 2011, 01:12
I tell Rob it’s good that we both work so we have something to talk about when we get together in the evenings. Hmmmm . . . Tell me more about this “blissful unity” thing…. We will need to practice it more when he retires in a couple years – tho’ I will still work…
And we seem to bicker a lot when we ARE together. Let’s discuss. Surely unity isn’t totally dependent on making the perfect choice in your life mate? I don’t believe there is any such thing as a perfect choice… am I too cynical? I’m definitely too selfish and proud. Hoping marriage will keep knocking those out of me. Heh.
2 · sandy lovorn · 22 February 2011, 17:12
oh my goodness… you guys are amazing. A couple of weeks ago, God began thrusting our family into more RESTING in His arms…letting Him carry us through life ‘blissfully’. You guys a great picture, for me right now, of what that looks like! GOD is too good to be true, right?! He is AMAZING!
3 · Mizasiwa · 22 February 2011, 23:41
Hi love the new look… who did the picture? I love the colours youve chosen. Although our life view is vasly different and to begin with i didnt think id always enjoy your posts i just keep coming back for more!! your life choice is amazing and courageous. I know from personal experience that its hard to trust Him completly! Thanks for the great blog!!