love

I asked my dad once “how do you know? You know? How do you know you love someone? How do you know you want to marry them?” (Back then, I…

But first.  If you’ve been following, this is the final instalment of not only our tandem, collaborative blogging series, but it is also the final page in  a short story I’ve been…

Dear Dadadadad,   It’s almost Father’s Day. A funny day, where we’d have tempted you with soap on a rope, socks and silly mugs. The last Father’s Day-like moment I…

In early 2007, I wrote an essay. Yes, over the years, I have written many essays. But, this one, stuck with me, because – at the time, I was living…

Dear Daughter, And so we’re leaving this year behind. This is the year where you grasped knowledge by its feet and pulled. You learnt, and expanded and tingled at the…

Three years ago today, I went out to dinner. I laughed so much, discovered a mind that shared many of my common interests (including Weird Al and required phone fiddling…

My mum used to sing the first line of this song to me when I had a hard day. I needed to hear it today.   [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rigz1C2Uhvk]

Dear Blog, Feeling neglected much? Sorry. And that will be the last apology from me. I’m tired. The good tired. You know the type where you’re busy doing good that…

And, here we are. On the very cusp of change. The very facet of life by which I have defined myself changes within the next twenty-four hours. And change…this change…

Dear Daughter of Mine, Well, you’ve done it. You’ve taken the first step into the big, wide world. You’re flung, headfirst, into big school. And how you’ve grown. I am…