Nov
18
For the first five years of our married life, my husband and I pretty much ignored our neighbours. We knew the names of the elderly couple over the back because their ivy spilled over into our yard and occasionally Leigh climbed a ladder and hacked it back. But other than...
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Nov
12
In 1975, a man named Brian penned a letter to his sweetheart Margaret, asking for her hand in marriage. He was living in Papua New Guinea and she in Australia. They had met ten months prior, and only once since, but they’d sent each other cassette tapes full of news...
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Nov
06
One of the jobs I had as a teenager was in a service station. It was the worst job of my life because the manager of the servo was a very mean lady who seemed to enjoy making me feel small. I was not allowed to do any of the...
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Nov
01
One of the upsides of Facebook is that I am now aware of how many wonderful events that are going on in my city- so many things to attend! Retreats, conferences, worship nights, concerts, bands gigging in funky little basements, movies under stars, guest speakers at churches I want to...
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Oct
23
I was doing a puzzle with my five-year-old Amelia before her Pre Primary class started. Another child had plopped down beside her and made a game of snatching the puzzle pieces from her hand. She looked at me and sighed. I asked the boy to please stop. He’d been getting...
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Oct
10
I’m standing in the kitchen daydreaming when I hear the cordless drill going off in the other room. Hang on… Leigh is at work so it has to be one of the kids. I go into the lounge. Nic, my nine year old daughter is putting together the chair I...
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