This evening we did a really hard thing. We took the family dog to the vet for the very last time – we came home without him and he is now at peace and no longer suffering from anything. It’s been a surreal couple of weeks leading up to this. We’ve known he’s been on…
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month again and today it is 12 months since my breast cancer diagnosis. In some ways it’s been a long year but in many other ways it seems to have just flown by. In the whirl of appointments, panic, tears, laughter, fear and hope that followed that day I clearly remember…
I love a good public holiday Monday and I’ve been so very, very busy at work the past few weeks that I found myself really looking forward to the recent long weekend even more than I normally would. This particular long weekend I got away to the Central Coast with a few members of my…
Dear Ed I thought of you today. I usually do when I’m in Kogarah, we spent so much time there together (and I spent so much time there visiting you in hospital!). I still find myself glancing over to Gloria Jeans to see if you’re sitting in the sun, or at the ramp entrance to…
Today it’s 5 years since a very dear friend of mine lost her 9 year old son to a brain tumour. I have blogged about this event before, from the perspective of being involved in a community that pulls together in the face of adversity. (As an aside, it seems to me that with the…
In October this year I attended TEDx Canberra and had a wonderful day listening to many inspirational speakers on a whole range of topics, loosely fitted into the four themes of society, knowing, empowerment and change. I blogged about my general thoughts from the day here, but the purpose of this post is to explore…
OK, so once I get started with these new shiny technologies I find it hard to stop! This one is timely, with the Roosters playing in the NRL grand final this weekend, I have found myself thinking about my Uncle Ed a lot. He was a die-hard Roosters fan and would be so chuffed to…
I think it’s called ‘serendipity‘ – well, maybe not quite, but along those lines. Yesterday afternoon (around 5pm) I ran into an old friend at my local fruit and veg shop. She said “I knew I’d run into you today!” and the reason this was serendipitous is: I had left work early yesterday and so…
A brief post, acknowledging the passing of a legend within our family. Vale Edward John Campbell, 1945-2010. Ed was my uncle, my dad’s brother. He never married and had no children. In spite of having 7 brothers and sisters and 15 nieces and nephews, he and I ended up as the only ones rubbing along…
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