Playing the keyboard
October 13, 2020When I was born, the doctor exclaimed that I would make a great pianist. This was due to my long, slender fingers. My parents recounted that story to me often. My mother wanted us children to learn to play the piano. So much so, she made the offering of swapping skills: her maths tutelage to some kids, in exchange for their mother to teach me piano. I remember Mum suggesting this to me. Somewhere deep inside, I wanted to learn, but I fobbed it off. At that young age I thought it would be an inconvenience I didn’t want to…
What I learnt from my latest stint in a mental health facility
About two months ago, I spent a week in a sub acute mental health facility. This is what I learned. 1. I learnt that I can trust my husband caring solo for our child. The thought of one person looking…
Is that a good thing?
She is a woman who is praised for her compliance. Is that a good thing? Her emphasis is not important, nor what she wants Is that a good thing? Her beauty is apparent to all that meet her. Is that…
Alive
I’m approaching my birthday. Although it is not a “significant one”, I’m caught in awe about life. I was looking at my daughter in her pram this morning and I was brought to a realisation that it’s such a privilege…
In the Meantrim
I once overheard a word from a colleague that she unintentionally coined. The words of meantime and interim were beautifully wound together to create “meantrim”. Someone else pointed out that meantrim is in fact not a real word. I loved…
Remember
It’s the thing you don’t naturally want But what you choose out of love You become willing because of wanting the best Not for you, but for other It’s seen in war It’s shown at home You give without expectation…
The Duet (This I know)
You loved me before I knew it. You loved me before I loved you. You loved me when I was unlovable. You loved me when I left you bleeding. I love you with inconsistency. I love you in a thoughtless,…
Don’t judge a book by its cover girl
I was about to write an article about true beauty. It was going to go speak something about natural beauty and the need not to wear makeup. I was then going to go a step further and start judging hard…
The scars we carry in the shape of tattoos
I’m going to put it out there. I think every tattoo is a reflection of a scar or at least a pivotal moment in someone’s life. To be sure there are the stupid tattoos that weren’t very well thought…
Where I see myself in five years
Five years ago I was selfish, non-committal and arrogant. I still encapsulate some of these attributes, but I believe there has been growth. The hard part is that growth usually comes exponentially when hardships or challenges are in the way. …
How to truly help someone
There’s so many of us that want to be of assistance to people, because we love people. But sometimes we don’t know where to start and where to end. This article looks at ways in which we can truly help…
Something I have learnt in the last 12 months
It’s one of my favourite questions that I ask people. “What have you been learning lately?” So I ask myself this as a time of reflection and inner growth. I feel like I have been learning a lot. One of…
The B**** at Work
I’ll leave names out. But I think you’ll know who I’m talking about. That b**** at work. She may be a Laura, Genevieve or a Sue. I’ll keep your name safe, but I’ll proclaim what you do. You go into…
It’s not fair
I live in a bubble, and I’m not talking a Coronavirus related bubble. I live in a bubble because I don’t think enough about the world outside my postcode. I live in a bubble because it’s too hard to acknowledge…
More than a Swear Word
There’s a chance I may offend you. There’s a possibility you won’t care. There’s a point at which you may roll your eyes and scroll your screen. But I want to share something special to me. The reason I do…
An open letter to my husband on his birthday
Forty-three huh! Happy birthday Caravajio Johnson. Congratulations on making it this far, not just in age, but in maturity. You are the best husband for me. I’m sorry that I have not always appreciated this. But now I do and…
The Problem with MAFS
Remember when the biggest drama on Australian television was to do with Alf trapped in a fire at Summer Bay? Or if Karl and Susan’s marriage was really over this time in Ramsay Street? Or if the return contestant on…
The expectation of our vocation
“A type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you in this way” Cambridge Dictionary definition of…
Getting things done
Do you ever get to a place where around 3pm you wish that the day was already over? I do this thing where I start my day full of promise, but I end up petering out and not getting the…
I miss my mum
I wish I could switch my phone off. And I mean off. Not on silent or vibrate. Power off. I even asked my boss for special permission to hang my phone on a lanyard around my neck during work times…
My Struggle to Be Authentic
“Oh, f@&k, w@nk, bugger sh%tting, arsehead and hole!” is the line from the movie ‘Love Actually’. The sleazy guy played by Bill Nighy vomits it out unconsciously while trying not to swear. In one sense, that’s the kind of person…
