Dear Mum Since you’ve been gone there are so many things I see and need to tell you. Today we climbed the lookout (‘Look out!’) at Ocean Shores. What a […]
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Musings from the heart, Travelling, Writing
Twenty eight days to create some self care. Twenty-six days ago I was sitting in my psychologist’s office talking self care + how to incorporate it into my every day
My story ‘Eggshells’ is in the Hunter Writers Centre Grieve Anthology. It is about that difficult time after Mum died
Persistence pays off. And rejection is good. It makes our writing stronger.
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Writing wins
A suitable farewell – I hadn’t realised how popular Mum was (and I am positive she didn’t either). The church at her funeral was packed and overflowing
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Musings from the heart
It’s the empty space that’s the hardest. It lives in my heart, my head, my phone + at the end of the street. I want to walk down + talk to Mum.
Mum is peacefully sleeping now. Rousing, barely, to smile at the sound of her children talking, sharing stories.
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Musings from the heart
I’ve been cheated. Mum will never be an old woman. Dad was never an old man. It’s the odd little things that catch me
