Several of you have inquired how my Dad is doing after his unscheduled stop in Dubai. In case you’ve missed the news, Mum and Dad were flying home from Australia and Dad was taken ill on the flight, and rather than just the two-hour stopover expected, they ended up staying for three weeks. Paramedics were […]
I don’t know about you but Facebook has become my personal assistant and go to for remembering birthdays of friends and family. It has even replaced the sending of birthday cards but also opened up the number of birthday wishes received. Of course it hasn’t replaced cards to my close loved ones but it has […]
And it’s not even a baby on the way or a new pet! Chief and I headed to Adelaide last weekend to catch up with our children. We all used to live there but Chief and I fled the nest (way too early) to take up new opportunities in Brisbane – anyway, I digress. We […]
“You are the only person who can live out your dreams and to do so, you must be present, take chances, take risks, and grab opportunity when it’s thrown at you. If you’re not there for your dreams, they won’t happen. It’s not possible.” Originally posted on Sugarfreesweetness as If change is ‘as good as […]
I’m offloading emotional baggage; I am cleansing my inner self. It’s been inside for over forty years. I have a wonderful friend who has been on her own spiritual journey for some years now and she is there to offer me words of wisdom, inspiration and guidance at any time if I’m ever in need. […]
Dad, you’ve enjoyed your 5 minutes of fame and now in honour of Mother’s Day, it’s Mum’s turn. You know the phrase ‘behind every great man, there has to be a great woman’ well I know you would be the first person to agree Dad, that Mum was always there for you; supporting you over […]
The time has come for me to make my trip to the UK for Dad’s investiture at Buckingham Palace. My suitcase is packed – lightly, but I am travelling with an extensive shopping list from Chief. Spending a total of 22 hours in the air is certainly an endurance test but at the same time, […]
I’m so proud I could burst! My lovely Dad has been recognised in the New Year’s honours list for his fundraising work. He has been awarded an MBE for 30 years of service, raising money for Bloodwise a charity who are ‘here to beat blood cancer.’ Dad has volunteered for Bloodwise since losing his teenage son, my brother Paul, […]
This weekend our son flew up from Adelaide and on the way home from the airport, we stopped in our local suburb, Paddington to grab a spot of lunch. Paddington is a suburb just a stones throw from the centre of Brisbane and has some of the steepest streets and roads in the area. I was […]
Today would have been my lovely Gran’s one hundred and fifth birthday and by way of rememberance, I’d like to share with you the poem I wrote just after she passed away in 2000. I’m not into poetry in any shape or form, in fact in English classes at school, it was my worst nightmare; […]
Waking the Wombat