Archive for November 2011
The River
Dubbo: we were living in a caravan park (I forget now what it was called). This was the place where my parents learned, from a couple who lived in the caravan next to us, about school education by correspondence. We were moving so regularly that it was difficult to keep enrolling us kids into mainstream…
Read MoreAttempted Murder
It was an early Sunday evening. The air was cool though the sky was clear with the hint of colour that signals the impending setting of the sun. My partner and I had just finished an invigorating game of mixed netball at our local sporting centre. After the usual, after game repertoire, with our team…
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Words the very reason I am here blogging. For me, words are the key to freedom. I began writing after my family and I had a horrific car accident in 2008, “we” being my husband and our two daughters – we were all injured, though I was the worst. The first year following our accident…
Read MoreWomen who chose a man over their child… WHY?
This is something that never ceases to amaze me. In 2000 my husband and I took in a friend’s daughter when we realized there was something very sinister occurring in her home life. My first clue was when I had my first conversation with the couple. They introduced the child as difficult; she was a…
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