On Monday 8th of January, Oprah Winfrey was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honorary award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. The moment was historical and her acceptance speech will go down in history. It was powerful, it was moving and it was so bloody…
How can you complain about motherhood?
Years ago, amid the injections, the scans and the slippery slope that was IVF I was sitting at the traffic lights watching a pregnant lady waiting to cross the road. I was mesmerised by how she looked, the way she intuitively rubbed her belly, she stood there and as far as I was concerned her life was…
What will he remember of his childhood?
I recently listened to a podcast where Bernard Fanning was being interviewed live at the ABC Brisbane studio for ABC Conversations “Songs of your Streets” series. Interviews featuring how Australian towns and cities have shaped Australian music and since Powderfinger are such a quintessential part of the Australian music landscape it would have been a natural choice to…
A manifesto on friendship
It was quite a few years ago that I read a piece by Rebecca Sparrow called “I had a baby and became a crap friend.” It was relevant to me because at the time I had a 2 month old baby but I since I was still in that newborn hazy, dazy bubble of baby powder it didn’t resonate…
Where do (IVF) babies come from daddy?
Charlie is at the sweet age when he says some funny shit. It’s astonishing the things that young children say but it’s only when you live with the running commentary of a little person that you appreciate the randomness of their thoughts. “Do giants eat houses for breakfast?” “Will I melt if I touch the…
Me, myself and anxiety
Anxiety manifests itself in many ways. Physically and or psychologically, fears and phobias. My version is generally centred around health and an intense fear of those close to me getting sick. Really sick. It’s not something that consumes me, it surfaces when everything is going well and then someone (usually MM or Charlie) complains of feeling…