Ah, my husband. My husbie, my light. He’s the best husband in the world and he doesn’t even have to try. He’s a good husband because he’s a good person… but being a good husband is a little bit more than that. I’m a great advocate for marriage, I believe in it and I’ve written…
In pursuit of the pursuit of happiness
On Monday I was driving along Victoria Road somewhere out Ermington way. I was driving Badoo out to her behavioural visual therapy session (yes, there is such a thing, who knew?). Now few would argue that Ermington is generally not the kind of place where revelations are forthcoming. But the sky was ablaze with a…
When are the adults going to grow up?
No one I know feels “grown up”. We’re all 30, 40, even 50 and we’re still waiting for the real grown ups to come along and sort us out. I can’t help but wonder if our generation’s weird fear of growing old has meant we don’t want to grow up either. Remember my mother’s wonderful…
Don’t get comfy in your comfort zone
I’ve actually always hated that expression – “comfort zone”. It’s one that’s bandied about a lot in the grey world and it really makes me squirm. In a five year period, there was a seismic shift in the way change was viewed in the company I worked for. There was a round of redundancies not…
The I Wishes can come true
My earlier post about the I Wish Beast went off like a rock (as Cappers would say). It seems we are all a bit prone to letting that beast run riot and get us down. As so many of you pointed out, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. I realised after reading all of your thoughtful…
Sitting
I’m just sitting outsidewith the breeze singing byand thinkingthere is much to come. [Image pinned here, please let me know if it is yours.]
The Heavy Lightweight
Some things you don’t necessarily want to write about, but they kind of make you. This is one of those things. I’ll apologise in advance that this post is all over the place. I am sure that a critic of my blog would say “can’t seem to stick to one topic. Crams too much in.” Does anyone…
Happiness looks like this
I’m tempted to have my headline and put a picture of my family in this post and leave it at that. My family makes me ooze with happiness most of the time. Of course, sometimes they’re just a massive, weighty boulder that I have to lug and push and shove everywhere I go. Literally, in the…
What does happiness look like?
Bet you’re striving to be happy. Bet it’s on your list for things you wish for your children too. Are you happy? Am I? Does happiness even exist? I think it’s just an adjective used to describe a simplistic state of being. Life is much too complicated to allow us to be happy. I mean,…
Postie delivery: Wondering about wonderment
This time I’ve popped over to Alice Becomes to talk about losing that sense of wonderment that we all had growing up. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while now and I think I’ve made my peace with it… sort of… I’ve been a follower of Alice Becomes since… well, since back when…