It was just a handful of paragraphs in a newspaper but I have never forgotten her story. It must be ten years ago now, maybe more. A ‘friend’ invited her to go and smoke a joint in a shopping centre car park. It was late, dark and deserted. Except for one other car. Her […]
When I was pregnant with Luca, Bren and I had lunch with a couple who had an 18-month-old daughter. They seemed a happy family and apart from the lecture we received about the perils of epidurals and c-sections (both of which I ended up with during my first labour), we had a nice day. But […]
Three Reasons To Give A Damn About The World We Live In When I was a little girl, there were nights I couldn't sleep for all the worries in my head. I worried about the cigarette I stole from my mum's pack of menthols and smoked in the back paddock. I worried about the tiny […]
Once again, the Facebook furore surrounding breastfeeding has grabbed media attention. Everyone is weighing in. I wasn't convinced I needed to. But then I read a few comments on FB which got me thinking. So much talk about how people supported breastfeeding but couldn't we all just be a bit more modest, a little more discreet? This […]
[Source] It so happened that I bought some St John's Wort tablets. They were on special and let's face it, specials are my heroin. But we don't approach depression the natural way in this little household and so it was that my little bottle of "Mood" sat unused and feeling less and less like a […]
Hello, people of the internet! I spent the entire weekend away from the computer. Really! It felt good. The Little Family Wrap has been sidelined for now because, frankly, we're boring. There was packing (me), crying (also me) and lots of whingeing (okay, that was me, too). Slowly, slowly we are inching closer to our […]
[Photo Source] Much has been written about the Slut Walks that have been taking place across the globe. If you've missed the hype, the movement was sparked when a Canadian policeman addressed a group of female students advising them not to dress like sluts in order to avoid being assaulted. Fact – the cop was […]
[Photo Source] Meet Eden Wood. In American child beauty pageant circles, she is the reigning queen. And now, she's coming to Australia and with her, pageant organisers, Universal Royalty. A veritable shit storm has erupted over this and despite there being about a zillion voices already competing to be heard on the contentious issue […]
