Today was my last chance to spend some quality time alone with my Mum – before everyone stops work for the year and the extended family arrives for Christmas. Since leaving NZ to live overseas, I find every rare moment spent with family – especially my parents - special and to be treasured! Auckland produced a brilliantly sunny day for us (hooray!), so we decided to wander slowly over to Devonport for a nice lunch and walk along the beach.

My mum and I enjoy spending time together doing simple things – eating, talking, going for walks, or sitting on a beach listening to the waves crash and the seagulls cry. How do you spend time with family?

I’m now looking forward to tomorrow – it will be a busy day catching up with much loved and missed friends! I hope you’re all having a lovely Wednesday, and I’ll see you again tomorrow!