Do you find yourself coming out in a nervous sweat starting around September/October when the dreaded words “family Christmas dinner” are uttered??!! We all have those family members that send a chill up our spine, for whatever reason, we just don’t connect positively. There may be a history of discontent or an argument that was …
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Eleven years ago, I met a guy. He was funny, intelligent, kind and genuinely wanted to make a difference. Our friends set us up and now he’s my husband of ten years. It hasn’t been a typical fairy tale. We faced issues just before we got married that threatened our relationship. We’ve moved interstate twice …
Maybe noone’s making rude gestures or doing the classic ‘rabbit ears’ behind dad’s head but what does your family portrait really say about you?
A couple who have been married for 70 years say the secret to their happy marriage is one argument a day – that’s 25,550 disagreements to date!! Kath Shevels 91 said – “You have got to get everything out in the open and take the bad with the good.” This is from an article on …
Suddenly finding your busy life full of activities attached to children, and a home in a constant state of noise, and endless tidying of the kitchen bench, and clothes and towels lying on the floor – to a life of a quiet tidy house, can be a shock and a mixture of relief and sadness. As you rattle around in a house that can seem too big you wonder, what do I do now?! You can also look across the table at our partner and say “who are you?”
Not because of special effects, cinematography, eloquent scripting or romantic fervour.
This is a topic that can be difficult to approach, a topic that seems too big, too hard and too scary to look at. But, no person should live life in a state of fear of the partner they love. What is domestic violence and abuse? Domestic abuse is when one partner in a marriage …
A couple of months ago, hubby & I did something pretty extraordinary… we went out alone (ie minus kids) to celebrate our 8 year wedding anniversary. We felt like a couple of teenagers holdings hands (no pram to push!), partaking in uninterrupted conversation, sitting in a nice (not-so-child-friendly) local restaurant. As we sat there, enjoying …
Have two kinder, more comforting words ever been spoken? I love this sentiment (ever since I heard it spoken about by model and writer Carolyn Donovan (www.carolyndonovan.com) at a Designing Women Conference). One that’s especially close to every ‘freaking out’ mum’s heart. From ‘I don’t know how to make my baby stop crying…’ to ‘I …
