Christmas is it always wonderful? I am a Christmas person. I love it. The lights, the smiles on kids faces, the fun, the presents, the food and the family traditions. Yes I love it. But is it always wonderful? No it isn’t. For everyone wonderful experience there are not so wonderful experiences and even really […]

I never knew…….. This is going to sound really strange but I truly never knew what it was like to have this type of support befor Let me explain…. I am in a new relationship – a new relationship with myself. I have opened myself up to receiving support and love. I have opened myself […]

It is amazing how many people are “informal carers” – recently I saw the information on the Australian Institute of Health and Wealth website: In 2011/12 there were 2.7 million carers and of those 700,000 were permanent carers.  Which means 2 million Australians are informal carers – that is those who class themselves as carers […]

So what’s it worth to you? In the media this week there was an article about a family that outsourcing everything…… they both work and have 5 children so they get help with the chores. You know the stuff we all don’t like doing – cleaning, gardening, shopping, maintenance and all those little things that […]

This week I commented on a Facebook post – it was about family visiting and should boundaries be set. For me it was definitely a case of ‘you never know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. You see the other day for no reason what so ever I really missed our Mum. It’s been nine years since […]