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Best Light: We are all in the shape of stars
Are you afraid you are insignificant? That you don’t stand out? That you’ve stuffed up so royally in your life that you’re not worthy of being part of the All? It’s time to hit your internal Refresh...
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Come and Sing!
One of my oldest memories of my Dad is associated with the radio. I know this because just this morning, as I was driving home from dropping the LGBB to school, I was in such an alpha-state of thinking...
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The husband’s guest post: My eyes are up here, ladies
As most of you know, it’s Movember. And as many of you may be aware, Steve has been growing out the mo with his fellow bro’s. Earlier in the month, we almost accidentally Voted For Pedro instead of...
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Guest post: For all the Christmas angels… especially mine
We’re heading into a poignant time of year. One where families typically draw nearer (and some realise how painfully far apart they are), where any children in the family tend to be the natural focus....
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The world is so loud. Keep falling. I’ll find you.
“I was born in a cloud… Now I am falling. I want you to catch me. Look up and you’ll see me. You know you can hear me.” I haven’t many words today to put to the news from Connecticut that we...
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Pause in the craziness of the season
I remarked to an unresponsive Twitter (meh, it’s become the norm for me… bah, humbug) that the definition of “busy” is waking on a Monday morning and believing it to be Friday. Yes, that’s right....
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The family shell
Quick late edit: Please know that I’m ok! Still a bit in the dark about what is definitively going on, but able to function and carry on. Yes, I’m just a little worried, because the dr on one hand not...
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An oil for conflict and forgiveness
How’s the festive season treating you so far? It’s about this time of year I’ve historically retreated to the depths of my immediate family of two, three or four (depending on the year in recent...
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“Why am I here?” Life as we know it
I filled my cup this morning. That first coffee has taken on more than a habitual practice over the years. It’s become a comfort. A reminder. An appreciation. A comfort that whatever I am currently...
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Do you believe in fairytales? No one said this would be easy
Another year passes and my senses focus back in on the dream that was borne and lost so long ago now. It has been nine years today since Ellanor was born and made us sit up and take notice. Of...
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Coming through the fog and waiting for the life after
I write this in that space so very many of us have been before. The waiting space. The one between worlds, between veils. It’s imminent, yet all of us are still on a hair’s breadth. Waiting. Wishing it...
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That’s not an App….. THAT’S an App
{ source } “YESSSSS,” he says, two fists pumping the air. I look up. I can barely keep my eyes open. There is so much to be done. I almost forgot to remind a friend he’s needed as a pall-bearer. The...
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I Am Me
Many moons ago, I was involved in a project (begun by the Quakers, of which my father is an active member) called AVP – or, Alternatives to Violence Project – which is active in many countries across...
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Thank you. Here’s some fish.
You know I appreciate you, right? Even you passer-by readers who never stop to comment but come to my blog as soon as I hit ‘publish’. In fact, in recent months, that’s the majority of...
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The scrubber
I should have been a teacher. I wanted to be a play therapist. I even got so far as doing my work experience in the Play Therapy department at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. I never wanted...
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The lone star
Her tears fall as she looks at me, incredulous and bursting with enthusiasm. “Of course I want to read your bloody book!” she says with a happy wail. So I post it to her, complete as it stands right...
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Judge dread: 15 Categories of Verbal Abuse
It seems no matter how you try, you cannot stop the judging. Or… can you? The old saying “What someone else thinks of me is none of my business” turned into something deeper for me around Christmas...
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The daily grind, bereaved parent style
The day looks like any other. I get up before the sun, pull on shorts and a tee, grab the dog’s lead, tie my laces and we’re away. Half an hour later, I check plants in the front garden. Check for new...
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Tainted love
Sometimes we just sit and think. But mostly, we just sit. There was once upon a time a little golden-haired girl who loved nothing more than… doing nothing. She grew up and moved through various days...
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A natural flea / floor / all-purpose cleaning spray recipe
Warning: I’m about to go into what might at first sound like a {gasp} sponsored post. But it’s not. Unless you think my lemon tree is paying me. Well, it is, I suppose. In lemons. So, ok. Perhaps this...
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