I took the kids to the Redcliffe Show today. Well, I took Chance and Quinn. Good grief what an exercise in negotiation and teaching gratitude. Except that apparently gratitude can’t be taught. You just have to lead by example. Three years ago, Frith’s Dad and I took Chance and Quinn and baby Darby to the…
Continue reading →I’ve been sitting here in my cafe for almost an hour, and not much to show for it. I came here to write my blog post to celebrate 10 years of blogging, which will fall this Sunday. But I just can’t seem to find the words. I was going to do 10 days of sharing…
Continue reading →There have been many stages to my grief this year. First there was shock, followed by a long period of numbness, overlapped by sadness, with some frustration, pity and bewilderment thrown in. If I’m honest, I’ve allowed myself a lot of sadness for my kids, and not a lot for myself. It’s been too hard….
Continue reading →Frith bought me a Kenwood Mix-master for my first mothers day. As I’m sure you can imagine, I have given it quite a workout in the last seven years. Lots of birthday cakes and yummy desserts and even the odd savoury treat. Last year, it started to lose some mojo. It just wasn’t beating as…
Continue reading →In the past I’ve read about people who have found themselves in my position. Mothers who have lost their husband/partner, whether it be suddenly, unexpectedly, after a long illness; it’s irrelevant. They have been left to raise the kids on their own* and manage life without their beloved. My heart has ached for these women;…
Continue reading →Frith’s Eulogy I thought I would share here what I said at Frith’s funeral, as well as the order of service, as some people were unable to make it. Frith order of service Frith certainly had a way of getting people all together. And here we all are. Frith would hate that I’ve written this…
Continue reading →Frith fiercely loved me. He saw things in me that I had trouble seeing in myself, but he always showed his love to me and I always felt completely safe with him by my side. He was besotted with and adored his children like crazy. He taught them new things every day and just wanted…
Continue reading →But it’s so hard. I’ve left Hubs to finish everything off up in Rocky and I know he is capable but it’s so shite when you’re on your own. Our ensuite as it turns out has some issues and is leaking through the floor so the tiles have had to be ripped up and are…
Continue reading →How are you three???? I feel like all of a sudden he’s grown up. A uke was the obvious choice for a present. He loves his bittaaar. He was a bit unwell yesterday and still recovering today. We had a belated party down at the park with Chance’s school friends and he kind of fell…
Continue reading →Even though we are not leaving for a couple more weeks (gosh that’s frighteningly soon) we had our farewell BBQ on Saturday and it went a little like this. Quinn: “Mama, is our BBQ going to be epic?” Me: “Yes darling. Yes it is.” We hired a jumping castle for the 25+ kids and they…
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