The Love Story I Haven’t Told

My Ma was a family day care mum for over 20 years. We had kids in our care from when they were just a couple of months earth side, until they started school. For all their firsts, we were there. I couldn’t wait for school holidays to help Ma. Their family became our extended. It […]

Where I am

I am 30 and some months. I am unmarried, un-partnered, un-mortgaged, without child. I am living back with my parents. I own very little of anything. I am dealing with my anxieties – of being unmarried, un-partnered, un-mortgaged, without child. of living back with my parents. of owning very little of anything. But, I am […]

Grown

Oh my darling, you are not who you were in high school, when you were 21. You are evolving. Your body, your mind, your soul – always evolving. And today my darling, you are grown.

Dear Little One

You will search for that big love. Most times, in all the wrong places. Then, just as you’ve stopped seeking, he will arrive. He will love you so big. He will worship you, and, you, him. But, you’ll feel an emptiness still. You’ll realise that you haven’t stopped seeking for that bigger than big love. He will encourage […]

What I’m Telling Myself

It’s ok to feel broken. For you will piece yourself together. It’s okay to fear the darkness. For you will pursue the light. It’s okay to not know. For you will go on finding answers. It’s okay to make monumental mistakes. For they create the most epic lessons. It’s okay to ask for help. For you are loved, oh, so […]

“When You Are Alone, OWN It.” To Self

Where I Found It All

I wanted to do what made me happy. I wanted to be paid for it in abundance. And, I wanted to be loved, oh so loved. I wanted it all, but instead I found myself earning a wage, hating what I did, and unhappy. And, I found myself not feeling loved, even when my loved ones […]

“The first step to becoming is to will it.” Mother Teresa

“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” Margaret Mitchell

When I Asked For Space

We weren’t getting along too well. We had changed. We were no longer what we knew, what we loved, what we had grown comfortable with. We were not growing together, we were growing apart. Frantically, we fought to repair the rift – after all we’d been together our whole lives. As our attempts became desperate, our measures even more so. […]