inspire-ations : Brett Fish

What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Craig Botha

This is Craig's adaptation of someone else's comments: Ten Things Your Single Friends (like me) Are Tired Of Hearing 1) “You’ll find it when you aren’t looking!” This is typically where your advice starts. ”It’ll come along when you least expect it,” is also “You’ll find it when you aren’t looking“ This is a ridiculous and retarded statement. We’re programmed to look for it. It’s in our genetic make-up, God make us this way. That’s [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-20T08:03:59+02:00February 20th, 2014|friends and enemas, inspire-ations, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|5 Comments

What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Intro

i was 35 when i got married and so i still feel like i have some kind of grasp and authority when it comes to speaking for/with the single community and definitely have a huge heart for them, especially those who are a little older and wanting to be married [as not all of them are - marriage is definitely not the end point finishing line of you-have-made-it'ness although it has too often been presented [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-20T07:59:32+02:00February 20th, 2014|friends and enemas, inspire-ations, marriage, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|11 Comments

Marriage Year 2: Meet Steven and Megan Cottam

The thing that we have been most struck by in our second year of marriage is the joy and importance of being united in common work, even at those times when we work separately. When we were dating and when we were engaged, we had these starry eyed visions of what it meant to live a common life together - sharing breakfasts and dinners together, laughing together the laugh of those-in-love while we did the [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T21:19:12+02:00February 19th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Taboo Topics: Losing a child – meet Jess Kelly and Henry

This is a repost that Jess graciously allowed me to share - you can find the original over here and you can, and really should, consider following her blog, 'Jess in Process' - in this piece she talks about losing her four year old son, Henry, 14 months ago, to a brain tumour. FULL DISCLOSURE ***WARNING: GRAPHIC/DISTURBING CONTENT*** How have you been, Jess? I hear this from time to time. It’s been 14 months since my 4-year-old [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T12:52:22+02:00February 19th, 2014|God stuff, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|1 Comment

my favorite verse: part Isaiah 40.27-31

Verse 31 of Isaiah 40 is a well-known muchly quoted one: Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Which is great and has become a huge source of strength and encouragement... BUT if you skip the lead up into that verse you miss out on so much more: Isaiah 40.27-31 [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T09:55:18+02:00February 19th, 2014|bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized, what i am reading|7 Comments

Marriage Year 2: Meet Sally and Benjamin Shannon

Benjamin and I got married on 31 March 2012. If I have to pick one thing that I have learnt since then... The gift of not needing everything to be perfect right this moment. I am (to an extent, can’t really claim the creative genius aspect that apparently come with it!!) a resident of “perfect country” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlXcLU8xEJQ to see what I’m talking about!). I want to do things right and I want to be the “best Christian” I [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-18T23:08:06+02:00February 18th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Marriage Year 1: Meet Kerstin and Carl

What we learned in our first year of marriage. We haven't been married for a full year yet, our wedding was on the 06 April 2013. But we have learned so much already. I must confess that our first year hasn't been that straight forward either. Carl proposed to me just before I got very sick. I had shown signs that I wasn't well, but we didn't realise that individually the symptoms weren't too bad. However [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-18T00:45:55+02:00February 18th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Marriage through the years… part Intro

there is no blueprint for marriage. because every marriage is made up of two different people and so it will never look the same. but that doesn't mean we can't learn from each other. we all have different stories but there are similarities and areas of overlap and moments of intersection that teach and instruct and inform and encourage and challenge. which is what this series is all about. i asked a bunch of friends [...]

By brettfish|2018-11-07T08:50:30+02:00February 18th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|38 Comments

Random acts of Neknominations.

It started with a #neknomination [well, let's be honest - it likely started with a drunk Australian feeling like this was something he thought was a good idea for more people to do?] an online video'd drinking challenge game where you "film themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage, usually beer, in one gulp and upload the footage to the web" [wikipedia] and then nominate two other people to do the same, paying it [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-12T05:51:26+02:00February 12th, 2014|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, local news, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, world news|8 Comments

Pearls before Quality Time

ah what a softie at heart. Stephan Pastis shows his true colours in this rare deeply moving Pearls before Swine cartoon strip, proving his range and diversity as well as his ability to make an audience go, 'Awwwwwwww...' [For a Pearls before Swine strip on the frustrating phenomenon of losing a call with someone and both trying to phone back at the same time, click here] [For the Pearls before Swine strip that introduced [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-11T08:01:26+02:00February 11th, 2014|humour'ish, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|2 Comments