Reflection

25 years

Today marks 25 years since my dad died. 25 years. As recently as four years ago, I wouldn't have expected this day to hit me this hard. I knew it would hurt, and that I'd miss him. But, growing up, the big milestones and celebratory days were ...

The kindness of strangers – part three

Almost nine years ago, I started my day much like any other. I woke to a screeching alarm. I showered, got dressed, ate breakfast, brushed my teeth and walked out the front door. I headed to the train station. I squeezed my way onto a packed, ...

The glass

I've had a really rough start to 2017. Really rough. I've avoided posting here. I've still been writing: I've written poems, prose and scribble. I've written pages, paragraphs and post-it notes. But I've not shared them here (with the exception of ...

2016’s greatest hits

It is nearly the end of December. It is nearly the end of December. One more time for the people up the back: IT IS NEARLY THE END OF DECEMBER. Holy cow. What a year, huh? The world went nuts. NUTS. Satirists and comedians had a great ...

Seven things I learnt from the ProBlogger conference

I spent last weekend at the Gold Coast. Before you all roll your eyes at this #humblebrag, I'd like to point out that the rest of my family spent the weekend at the snow. I missed my children's first trip to the snow. I was a little sad ...

When internet woes become internet woohoos

This post is sponsored by Vividwireless. Unfortunately, I’m no stranger to internet connection issues. Long-term readers may remember I had a patchy connection for more than a month last year. I mentioned it here. And on Facebook. More than once. ...

Work/life balance/juggle/ebb-and-flow

Image source I'm living a bit of a conundrum at the moment. I recently(ish) decided I was sick of working from home. I was sick of feeling like I should be with the kids when I'm working, and I was just as sick of feeling like I should be ...

And just who decided I’m a grown-up?

You may have noticed fewer posts here recently. Sorry. I've been writing elsewhere, both online and off, and have had fewer words left in the tank for this space. I've also been tidying this space, working away behind the scenes. And while doing ...

(Apparently) controversial things about me

I'm not controversial. I'm vanilla. But every now and then, people find out little quirks about me and their HEADS EXPLODE. LITERALLY. So I thought I'd share some of them here. A few little (surprisingly controversial to some) quirky things ...

#IKidneyCheck because… (Kidney Health Week, May 22-28)

It's Kidney Health Week next week. And this time last year, I wrote a post about my kidney health journey so far. I'm not going to say all the same things again. Instead, I'm going to write about what it feels like to know that your kidneys will ...