Starting over in a new country takes a lot of heart and guts. But if you’ve done it, and if you’re in Australia, you’re in for a treat!! Congrats on that, by the way! You’ve been so brave making a huge decision to leave your home land, and then to pick a new country, and [...]
When I was in primary school, we had an ethnic boy who was really ‘disruptive’- which is one of the words frequently used back then to describe children such as he. He was naughty, and seemed to be of limited vocabulary which consisted mostly of the word 'caca', and he did all sorts of things [...]
The word 'motherhood' doesn’t combine the two words mother and neighbourhood the way you might think it does, at first glance. It’s not a gang, but it is a club, and I’m not in it.* Women talk like we’re all in it. We’re not. Some of us don’t want to be, some aren’t by choice, [...]
Growth happens in tiny little steps, imperceptible to the eye, or in one or two massive stages that blow your world apart, to be rebuilt or adjusted to. Glacial pace or like lightning, it’s about stimulating and feeding life, moving forward and providing new opportunities for further growth. I recently witnessed something which really resonated [...]
Dating is hard, no matter how easy you want it to be. There are plenty of obstacles in your way, and one hurdle that you should eliminate straight away is distance! ‘Distance’ is different for each of us, depending on what we value in a relationship. I’ve had lots of people tell me, “when you [...]