Rebuilding A Life Worth Living

I’ve given a great deal of thought lately on what it means to live a life that is worth living.  For many years life to me meant making it through each day and not giving into depression or anxiety.  Not allowing the fears and failures in my life take control. For awhile that is enough …

My Most Precious Gift

  My most precious gift is my son and I have been doubly blessed to be  gifted with him twice.  The moment he was born was easily the most amazing experience I had had in my life.  Apart from the large amounts of swearing pain and general mess I was so overwhelmed when he was …

Asylum Seekers & Australia

By now you may or may not have heard about the tragic turn of events on Manus Island that left one person dead and 77 injured. We don’t yet know if this new tragic low marks a turning point, if it’s part of Australia’s new status quo, or if it will finally be enough to …

First Timer

    I’ve been looking for a way to talk about so many things that have happened in my life.  A way to release so much of the tension that lives coiled inside me and has for so many years.  There is something about writing especially in writing to be read, that enables me to …