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It has been a little over 8 months since my mom died and my grief has barely scratched the surface. To be honest, I am numb but every now and again i am overwhelmed by an extreme sense of loss…
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I am so used to people giving me their opinion on how I should feel or think or what I am supposed to ‘learn’ from my past, that I tend to tune it out. I nod and agree, and sigh…
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It is so easy to be a victim, to live in VictimCity, especially these days, when everyone is looking for a reason to be offended. Trouble is, you miss out on so much with that mindset. Ask me, I know….
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We’re all wearing them these days. In fact, in some areas it is illegal not to, like it was here in Perth a few weeks ago. We went the whole of 2020 without having to wear them, then we had…
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This past year, so many of us have lost so much. We have lost jobs, friends and family. We have lost time with those we love that can never be recaptured. It was a tough year. A lot of us…
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Been thinking a lot lately of the names or labels we pick up along the course of our lives – especially the negative ones like abandoned, unworthy, unlovable, unclean. So many of them. What if we were to swap that…
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Happy birthday to me. Today I turn 60 and I think it is a miracle. I escaped death so many times over the years and I thought I would have been worm food and pushing up the daisies long before…
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Happy New Year. What a year it has been! At the start of the year, I was in a very dark and confusing place but I am finishing the year with hope. If you had told me then all that…
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Yesterday I learned of the death of a colleague of 17 years. He took his own life and I was shattered by the news. He was the last person I would have expected this from. If I had to use…
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Today is Are you OK day. It is one day in the year when people are encouraged to ask the question and really listen to the answer. It’s about trying to save lives; letting people know they can be honest…
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