I do this thing when I imagine certain moments and then visualise how exactly I want them to play out. Expectations. Hopes. Daydreams. Recently, in the weeks leading up to a family holiday I had this image of the whole week away, a perfect time, joyful and relaxing. Walks on the beach, Charlie splashing in the waves, sand…
Parenting is like a game of Snakes and Ladders
About a month or so ago, there was this weather event in Brisbane that grounded the city to an annoying halt. By weather event, I mean it didn’t stop bloody raining for a whole night and the next day. We weren’t dry but we were perfectly safe so I’m well aware that what I’m about…
The length and breadth of life
Early last year Prince was due to tour Australia for a number of small and intimate “piano and microphone” shows. MM and I looked at the dates, looked at our work schedule, looked at flights, the costs and the logistics and promptly and swiftly put the thought in the “too hard” basket. We really wanted…
Infertility. What not to say.
So here’s the thing. I often say silly stuff that I wish I hadn’t said. Not because I’m insensitive and thoughtless but because I don’t know what else to say and so I end up saying something profoundly stupid. There’s a certain irony in me writing a piece on “what not to say.” This is not…
My toddler gave me a performance review
So it turns out mothers have been feeling guilty for way longer than I thought. That they have been judging themselves as parents for decades. Weirdly I figured it was something that my generation of mothers invented. There’s this scene in the second episode of This Is Us that made me think of all of…
Trial by social media
In the last 48 hours or so there has been a shit storm on social media. A workplace conflict involving two journalists and an outfit mishap. It could certainly have been handled better. But hey, we’re all perfect aren’t we? I have spent 20 years in recruitment so I’ve seen and heard my fair share of workplace…