I've been going through the old photos a lot this week. I'm finding it very therapeutic to see the happiness, the fun times, the laughter and the love captured in one single click of the camera button. When I used to teach photo scrapbooking it always amazed me the incredible stories I would hear when people started talking about the … [Read more...]
Grateful
Trying to be grateful. Going all Oprah with my gratitude post. Grateful for the wonderful friends in my life, wherever you are. Grateful my kids are old enough to remember their Dad. Grateful for having a home, as unfinished as it may be. Grateful for the neighbour who mowed my lawn yesterday (yes Janice the lawn is under … [Read more...]
How Much Do You Reveal Online?
I had a post ready to go today but Hippie Child vetoed it, apparently too much "black humour". In light of my new circumstances I am wondering about how much you can reveal of yourself online before it becomes damaging in your real life. I attended a training session for a casual job with a media organisation recently, some comments I made … [Read more...]
Friends – Old, New and Virtual – Part 3
When you spend a bit of time in the online world it's easy to become disenchanted. Hate sites, trolls, nasty comments, even respectable commentators resorting to bullying techniques to try to make their points, it can all make your head spin. Then in real life a tragedy strikes. I knew the old friends to be there, I was sure the new friends … [Read more...]
Friends – The Old, The New, The Virtual – Part 2
Life's truest happiness is found in the friendships we make along the way. We haven't lived in Port Macquarie long by regional standards, only a mere seven years, we're not even locals yet. However it is clear the friendships we have made in that time are really special. The relationships were forged at the school pick-up, on the wintry … [Read more...]
Friends – Old, New and Virtual – Part 1
Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they are always there. During the past two months I have been held together by a stream of beautiful people, some are old friends, some are new and some are my virtual friends who I've never met. Within minutes of hearing the news my two oldest friends had booked plane … [Read more...]
Still Here
It's been two months and we are still trying to regain our equilibrium. The girls are dealing with exams, I'm dealing with superannuation companies. Neither is fun. To those of you with your paperwork neatly filed in an easy to reach place, I hate you. To anyone who can't lay your hands on your marriage certificate, your husband's birth … [Read more...]
A Sad Goodbye
It's been a week of decisions trying to create a fitting memorial to good man who lived an ordinary life filled with work, family, love and laughter. In the end I think we got there. Our daughters are extraordinary young women who each created the most beautiful tributes. Simon's brother, Jon, and I spoke and so many people contributed in … [Read more...]
Then the World Changed
Last Sunday our family changed forever. My husband Simon tragically died in a rock fishing accident. We are in the midst of planning a funeral which seems so wrong when he was just 46 years old. As we struggle to come to terms with our situation I want to say a huge thank you to our family and friends who have been an amazing support. I … [Read more...]
The Middle
Nicole Kidman is middle-aged. Yep, I’ve said it. The woman is getting on. It comes as a shock doesn’t it? I know this because Nicole and I are the same age. At 46 we are at life’s midpoint. That’s providing we make it to 92, if we cark it earlier then we could right now be beyond the middle. Funnily enough Nicole Kidman’s middle-age looks … [Read more...]
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