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Things I have Learned
It is a married person's decision whether or not to keep their vow. But it is a single person's duty not to not seek to make them break it ( Read more... ) -
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Someone once sang that when you are young you have a vision of your life - you will be scrupulous and one day even make a wife ( Read more... ) -
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Two days ago I flew into Perth from Malaysia, and every kilometre closer we flew made my face heavier, like a sad painted circus clown ( Read more... ) -
How It Adds Up
There was the day we swam in a river, a lake, and an ocean ( Read more... ) -
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I wonder if it is a luxury of a well balanced life that gives us the opportunity and time to write about it? We might post about the things we are worried about at a particular moment, our anxieties, our fears, our anger. But it occurs to me that having the mental health and relative space to ourselves to be able to articulate our feelings, and ( Read more... ) -
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I see a young and well groomed, but natural looking, woman in the shopping centre food court. She looks younger than me. She is pushing a pram with a young baby inside - the baby is hidden by the screen. She has a young man with her - his hair is fashionably cut, he is handsome. They seem like a couple. I don't look for a wedding ring - I ( Read more... ) -
Downs Syndrome
Did you know that the chance of having a baby with Downs syndrome doubles between 20 and 30, going from a one in almost 1600 chance to a one in just over 800 chance ( Read more... ) -
Menstruation Part 2
(this is part two of an earlier entry: ( here ) -
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I'm tired and feeling frayed around the edges ( Read more... ) -
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if you ever find it
you will not recover
it does not matter how it ends
you will be changed in a way that has no words
it is your initiation,
your true blooding,
and your body will be left with scars like a tribal man,
as if the wounds
were rubbed with charcoal
while they were fresh.