Category: Other

6am Saturday, I was finding the nearest mental health facility to check into. By 9am, I got the wake-up call I needed…

Trigger warning: discussion about intrusive and suicidal thoughts. Please do not read this post if you are feeling vulnerable. Contact Lifeline (Australia), Lifeline (NZ) or NHS (UK). 5am Saturday Bryce and I were having one of our regular marital fights about who was the one to cause us to run late. This particular Saturday morning, […]

I’m 35 and I don’t know how to make friends as an adult.

I’m not an expert in this field, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on this dilemma. How on earth do you make friends as an adult Especially if you’re a parent. I recently turned 35 and similar to the natural collagen in my face, my friendship pool is declining. People say it is because […]

Grief

Dedicated to a loved one and his family You fight back tears until you can no longer. And we cry with you too. Though our tears are not for us. They are for you. They are for your family. They are for all the people your loved one has left behind. We see you trying […]

The night we saved our neighbour’s life… and we’d never met before

The screams and cries for help I heard that night will never leave me. Just a normal Sunday evening… Bryce, the twins and I had been out all day. We arrived home around 4 o’clock and were getting settled in for the night. Bryce began our bedtime routine for Levi and Tate while I made […]