I had a mental breakdown last week. It’s been a long time coming. For too long, I have been ignoring the fact that I just wasn’t dealing with the grief surrounding the death of my mom five years ago. Five months before her death I had become sober. I forced myself to pretend I was…
DEAR TONY ABBOTT : THE POWER OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMAN
Dear Tony Abbott, I’m wondering if you have any political ambition at all, because you are certainly doing a superb job of ensuring the demise of your tenure as well as that of your party’s. This past Sunday, Mothers Day, you announced the proposal to reduce the Paid Parental Leave to mothers whose companies already…
A STORY OF MOTHERHOOD ON MOTHERS DAY
Happy Mother’s Day to all those women who have beautiful children prancing around the planet. May you have a beautiful soulful day. I have an app on my phone called Story Corps. I downloaded it ages ago. It is an app that helps you document every day life. It is an app that documents oral…
I AM A MOTHER, NOT A CLEANER
I am a Stay At Home Mum. Emphasis on the word Mum. Please note that it does not say that I am a stay at home housemaid and cleaner. My job, which I take pretty seriously, is to bring up my children. You know, those little humans who will one day be running our society…
WEIGHTLOSS WEDNESDAY
Well hello there, As you can see by the title of this post, Wednesdays will now be known as Weightloss Wednesday. It is where I will talk about my journey to health through the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Challenge. Her system has come under some fire I know, but honestly, all the research I…
THE DEATH PENALTY – JUST ANOTHER EXCUSE TO KILL
The death penalty. The execution of a person by another person. The act of taking a life. The day before yesterday saw the execution of 8 people in Indonesia. It was very high profile here in Australia since two of our own, who had been caught smuggling drugs, were among those who died. They had been on…
Book Review : Craft for the Soul
*First up, this is not in any way shape or form a sponsored post. This is simply my experience, which I hope, you the wonderful reader of my blog, will find interesting, and perhaps, too, a little uplifting.* Since becoming sober five and a bit years ago, I have been on a quest. A quest…
A NOMADIC LIFE OR TO SETTLE – THAT IS THE QUESTION
Oh my goodness, it is so long since I last posted. In honesty, I had somewhat lost my writing mojo. It happens. I have learned to wait it out because it ALWAYS returns. My brain doesn’t stop thinking of things to say (chance would be a fine thing!), but it is the actual sitting down…
HUMAN AWARENESS NOT AUTISM AWARENESS
It has been a difficult few weeks. Master J has been struggling. With life. On many levels. And when he struggles, all of our lives become like trying to remain afloat on a rickety boat thundering down water rapids. Year 11 is such a complex year to get through. And so is being nearly 17….
THE INSANITY OF SUICIDE
WARNING: THIS POST TALKS ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH SUICIDE. IF YOU ARE SUICIDAL IN ANY WAY, PLEASE PLEASE DIAL LIFELINE ON 13 11 14 (AUSTRALIA), OR THE NUMBER IN YOUR COUNTRY When I was 15, I tried to commit suicide. I can tell you I did not agonise over this decision for days….