I’ve been having a bit of a tough time of late with my health, so been in bed a lot more than usual. I’ve spent a lot of time reading, thinking, commenting and re-reading comments, posts and blogs about issues that are important to me. Social Welfare being on of them. (Feel free to have … Continue reading
Truth be told I’m as much of a blogger as I am a WAG, influencer or writer. I’m simply someone who likes to write; albeit good, bad or average. I sometimes write poems, I sometimes write about current affairs, but usually I write about parenting and our life as volleyball expats. I write because I … Continue reading
It’s Time. It’s time for kids to go back to school. It’s time for my husband to go back to work. It’s time for me to start something for me. It’s time for Groundhog Day to end. It’s time. It’s really, really TIME. *exasperated mother voice* I wrote about my husband being unemployed in my … Continue reading
My forever love. When I started playing basketball in 1993 I never dreamt it would take me the places it did. I was an athletic young girl growing up, I ran track in primary school and played hockey and badminton…and from age 12 it was apparent where my skills set lay. I was smart but … Continue reading
Mending Wall by Robert Frost Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where they have left not … Continue reading
I read a post on Facebook a while back that stopped me in my tracks. (My facebook usage has dropped significantly in the past month or so…consciously!) It was something about marriage and what it “should” be. I won’t post it but if you saw it you’ll know the one I mean, if you didn’t … Continue reading
Living abroad has been a way of life for Mark and I for 11 years now, (for me, since I was 18) it’s just our life, and as cliche as it sounds “home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling”. We choose this life every year, with every new contract, even when it’s not easy, and … Continue reading
