Four years ago today, on Friday the 16th of October 2015, I received a devastating phone call. “We have found a lump”, the Breast Screen nurse said. I was sitting at my desk at work when she called. It was a usual busy day with an office full of people. As I tried to registerContinue reading “Four years ago today…”
Category Archives: family
Why wait, to learn to live?
It was early on a Tuesday morning. I dropped my daughter at training at 7.00 am and I went to my usual spot at a local cafe to write and sip coffee in the hour I could enjoy to myself before I needed to leave for work. Tuesday mornings have become an opportunity for me to write,Continue reading “Why wait, to learn to live?”
Sliding doors…
Do you ever reflect back on your life and consider the potentially huge magnitude of those sliding doors moments? I do. I sometimes think about the “what if’s” and the alternative pathways that could have been. Some bad and some good. My husband, Phil, and I were sitting at our favourite spot enjoying lunch together recentlyContinue reading “Sliding doors…”
Meditation, is it time to try it?
Attention busy women of the world, who spend their time overthinking! If you are not already familiar with the practice of meditation, you have probably heard a bit about it and have seen stories and articles about it popping up everywhere. Well keep reading, you need to hear this… If you haven’t jumped onContinue reading “Meditation, is it time to try it?”
A call for help…
I have to be completely honest. This is a call for help, for me personally. This could possibly be the most vulnerable I have ever been in my entire life. And it feels very uncomfortable. Let me explain what I mean… When I started writing my blog, I called it by the name “Raw and Completely Beautiful”,Continue reading “A call for help…”
My Daughter’s footsteps…
As I watch her walk along the sand in front of me, I wonder about my Daughter’s footsteps into her future. She doesn’t walk in mine, and nor would I want her to. But I created her, and I must show her the way. Because of my own footsteps, I can teach her differently. Because IContinue reading “My Daughter’s footsteps…”
To give love, one must feel love…
We all want love in our lives. We all love to be loved. We need to feel love and we need to give love. Love is everything. It all starts with our self love. If we feel love we give love. If we give love, we receive love. Love is everything… With love, Ali xx
The evolution of a boy…
Yesterday, I watched my 16 year old son, my middle child, play in his men's volleyball team and I saw a boy on the verge of manhood. Once my shy, sensitive, quiet boy with many anxieties and fears is now accepted as 'one of the boys'. The teammates congratulate each other with the sportsmanlike pat on the butt andContinue reading “The evolution of a boy…”
raw and completely beautiful 