Family

  • Merry Birthday

    On the tenth day of Christmas, there was a party. Two years ago (nearly) she rocketed into my world and I fell irreversibly in love. With her. My mini me. My little princess of the adorably nuts kind. Happy birthday,… Continue reading

  • Home

    On the fifth day of Christmas my heart remembered it has another name. Home. Continue reading

  • Dear Santa

    Dear Santa, It’s the second day of Christmas and here I am writing to you! Surprise! I know. It’s been FOREVER. I’ll try not to leave it so long next time. I wonder if you’ll even get this little email… Continue reading

  • Mary’s Boy Child. And Mine.

    On the first day of Christmas, all my Mum pieces melted into puddles of sun. It was the boy child who did it. ‘Mummy!’ he shouted, the moment he saw me smiling from my place in the front row… where I simply… Continue reading

  • Lemons and Life

    When life gives you lemons, turn them into lemonade. It’s a lovely saying, isn’t it? And it’s right up my alley in terms of the positivity it tosses in the face of life and it’s silly business. *** I want… Continue reading

  • Riding In Trains With Girls

    Australia is out the window and I’m feeling every bit of it. The wobble of a train-shaken gut, the blur of gum trees and their naked cousins—every element of this three-hour train ride seems to be working together, whipping me into… Continue reading

  • The Voice

    We are like two dots on a musical theatre map of the world. And every time I fall into a moment where it’s just him and me, and all the musical love hearts…I just can’t help but feel changed. Allow… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 31. The Land of Darling

    Come with me to the land of darling. A place where night-lights watch over sleeping babes. A place where laughter skips ’round the edge of the world, looking for a new soul to leap into when the time is right.… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 30. Life

    Guys. What happens on the days that darling says NO. Today is not your day for darling things. No way. No how. WELL! Let me tell you what happens on those days. You get out your headphones and you go… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 29: Dance.

    Dinner time arrives and the darling of the day is yet to find me. Yet to whisper its sweet melody into my ready ear. But…wait. Darling, in an instant? Music blaring from the iPod dock. The story of my youth—… Continue reading