Tag Archives: Divorce
Landing somewhere
The funny thing about divorce with kids is that there is never a distinction between the past and the future. It all blurs into one life that you have to continuously negotiate your way around. I don’t mean in … Continue reading
The accidental scars
There are moments of complete polarity in our days. Waking to the news of bombs going off on the other side of the world. Watching people sing for their moment in the spotlight in the evenings. I wrote for this … Continue reading
What I know about rituals
My girl made this a year ago. Its still on our front door. I wont be on a lifestyle show anytime soon. Christmas has the capacity to go one way or the other. Your heart either swells at the faint … Continue reading
The family smoothie
If current research is to be believed then step or blended families are the fastest growing family type in Australia today. The increasing divorce rate, the search for happiness and meaning and a woman’s capacity to say no when … Continue reading
Lifelit?
Image from here We seem to like to classify things into neat buckets. There are a gazillion sites and Facebook pages for decluttering and reordering, we spend so much time reorganising our stuff rather than reorganising our selves. Books breathe … Continue reading
Powderpuffs and words
This wasnt really my dress but I reckon my daughter would have preferred it. Image from here I was fixing up my girls room today…sorting the old to make way for the new. Chapter books to replace the picture ones, … Continue reading
The sound of silence
I actually love Love actually, actually. There arent many moments in life where you get that chance to have that moment. You know those ones where the world and all its chatter stops and you hear some music in the … Continue reading
eulogies in the shower
My sanctuary is the shower…I can burn myself with the hottest water, lean against the tiles and do all of the thinking I need to do (usually with the light off which drives my husband bonkers). When I worked … Continue reading
cracks through to light…
I’d been following Kristian’s blog since I saw that snippet of his life on a big American TV show. I was impressed with his honesty , his integrity and his capacity to put into words what love meant for him. … Continue reading
A Soundtrack to your life?
I had to drive a really long distance by myself this week, six long hours of winding roads, variable speed limits, random country signs and my ipod. About 6 years ago I was going through a bit of a quarter … Continue reading
