the end was just the beginning
I'm not very good at pretending everything is wonderful when it's not. It's why I look so awful in every photograph taken of me during the last few years of my marriage. I know a few people who are going through difficult times, but you've never know it from their Facebook feeds. They post smiley,... Continue Reading →
I really need a mental health day ... but life just doesn't allow for that right now. Today is shaping up as another crazy one. I have to finish my first communications plan by 3pm. I'm supposed to be at a lunch with my fellow X-trainers. I'm picking the eldest up from band at 3.30pm.... Continue Reading →
Sometimes being a single mum really, really gets to me. Like yesterday, which was a crazy, exhausting, infuriating whirl. It kicked off with a text message about the youngest needing her band uniform for school photos. I hustled around the house getting ready and dropped it over to my ex's place on the way to... Continue Reading →
I spent yesterday morning blithely wandering Bilgola Beach, vaguely aware there had been another shooting in the United States, but not really comprehending the horror. It feels like there's a shooting incident in the US every day. I fear I've become (appallingly) blase about the carnage. But for someone to use an automatic weapon to... Continue Reading →
It's horrifying that 50 innocent people lost their lives during the Orlando mass shooting on Sunday morning. Omar Mateen killed 50 people and wounded 53 at a gay nightclub, Pulse, before being shot dead by police. Across Orlando, revellers had been celebrating Gay Pride month. One of the largest gay pride events in the world,... Continue Reading →
How's your long weekend going? Forgive me, but I'm about to boast ... mine has been pretty freaking awesome. I went to Vivid Sydney for the ... um ... third time on Saturday night. And yesterday I went for the most gorgeous bike ride on the Central Coast. I took lots of photos and I've... Continue Reading →
I came across this photograph of myself in second grade a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to stop staring at it. There's something wonderfully knowing and bright and mischievous and indomitable in those eyes. That's a little person who's determined to take on the world and win. I wrote a blog about... Continue Reading →
I've been very, very jealous of DD over the past week. He's been in San Francisco for a conference. Lucky him. We were in San Francisco together five months ago ... Sigh. I loved the city, it felt very Sydney and non-intimidating and fun. And I loved being there with him. DD and I had... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was National Best Friend Day in America and celebrites marked it by sharing pics of their best friends on Instagram. It made me feel like a weirdo because I don't have a best friend. Are adults supposed to have best friends? Is it odd that I don't? I have lots of good friends. Does... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a pretty monumental day in American politics. Hilary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination after decisive victories in the California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries. As Vox writes: America has hosted 56 presidential elections — 33 of them before women received the right to vote. Exactly zero of those elections featured a... Continue Reading →
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